ALWAYS:
- know that when you see the word 'read' you can access the audio version on Audible on the iPod nano
- have your book open as you listen to the module on Audible so that you can see the illustrations etc. and so you know when/where to stop
- Read each section and do the OYO as you get to them. Do not continue reading (listening) until you have completed the OYO questions and checked your answers against those at the end of the module.
- Spend 5-15 minutes on Quizlet to work on the vocabulary words for each section and the previous section's words as you complete each reading assignment.
- complete the study guide for each module
- if you don't understand a concept/section/topic go to the bottom of this post and check the 'extra help' links. If something is very interesting to you, check the 'interesting links' section for that module at the bottom of this post.
Dissecting tools and tray that came with your dissection kit Crayfish specimen Magnifying glass Insect specimens (collected from outside or from someone’s insect collection)
Module#12 - Arthropods
►In this post, there are several videos that did not have an embed code, so I just posted the link.
Here's a review of a few terms if you are still not quite familiar with them.
A shark has an anterior dorsal fin and a posterior dorsal fin. This indicates which is in front of the other; they are both on its back.
Something can also be "anterior to" another body part, meaning it is in front of it, and "posterior to" another body part would mean it is in back of it.
Remember the order of the biological classification:
read 361-364
(1) p. 361-364, General Characteristics of Arthropods
There is not a video that goes over the 5 characteristics, but here is what I could find.
►In this post, there are several videos that did not have an embed code, so I just posted the link.
Here's a review of a few terms if you are still not quite familiar with them.
- Dorsal - referring to the back, or it might seem to be the top if the animal is not upright like a human, but it is its back. Like a dorsal fin on the back of a fish.
- Ventral - referring to the front, or belly-side of an organism.
- Anterior - in front of, or the end that contains an organism's head.
- Posterior - in back of, or the end that contains an organism's tail.
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Something can also be "anterior to" another body part, meaning it is in front of it, and "posterior to" another body part would mean it is in back of it.
Remember the order of the biological classification:
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
In this module, you will study phylum Arthropoda as well as a few classes and orders within this phylum.read 361-364
(1) p. 361-364, General Characteristics of Arthropods
There is not a video that goes over the 5 characteristics, but here is what I could find.
read 365-372 draw 12.2, 12.4
(2) p. 365-371, Class Crustacea: The Crayfish
Growing up, I always called these things crawdads. =)
A crayfish swimming, trying to catch food.
►Learn the parts of a crayfish by studying the names of the parts on p. 365.
►Then with your book open to page 365, look in your book as the highlighted parts in this video are named. Then go back and watch the video again and see if you can name the highlighted part before the words appear on the screen. The cephalothorax is called the thorax in this video. Actually, the head and thorax together make a cephalothorax.
Around 2:10, the parts named are the ones labeled on p. 373 in the dissection. Look there for comparing to the video.
(2) p. 365-371, Class Crustacea: The Crayfish
Growing up, I always called these things crawdads. =)
A crayfish swimming, trying to catch food.
►Then with your book open to page 365, look in your book as the highlighted parts in this video are named. Then go back and watch the video again and see if you can name the highlighted part before the words appear on the screen. The cephalothorax is called the thorax in this video. Actually, the head and thorax together make a cephalothorax.
Around 2:10, the parts named are the ones labeled on p. 373 in the dissection. Look there for comparing to the video.
ex. 12.1 (crayfish dissection)
(3) p. 371-372, Other Crustaceans
Lobster
Shrimp
►See baby shrimp being born around 0:50 seconds.
Crab at Costa Rica
►Watch this crab run!
Barnacles "sweeping" the water to gather any plankton floating about.
(4) p. 373-375, Crayfish Dissection
►Draw and label Figures 12.2 (p. 365) and 12.4 (p. 368)
►At this website, click on each picture to enlarge and compare the labeled parts on the website to the labeled parts in the pictures in your Biology textbook on pages 365, 367, and 368.
Take your time in doing this.
• If you'd like to watch a dissection, here is the External Anatomy and the Internal Anatomy.
• Also see the class dissecting crayfish at Applie's Place.
(3) p. 371-372, Other Crustaceans
Lobster
Crab at Costa Rica
Barnacles "sweeping" the water to gather any plankton floating about.
(4) p. 373-375, Crayfish Dissection
►Draw and label Figures 12.2 (p. 365) and 12.4 (p. 368)
►At this website, click on each picture to enlarge and compare the labeled parts on the website to the labeled parts in the pictures in your Biology textbook on pages 365, 367, and 368.
Take your time in doing this.
• If you'd like to watch a dissection, here is the External Anatomy and the Internal Anatomy.
• Also see the class dissecting crayfish at Applie's Place.
read 376-379
(5) p. 376-379, Class Arachnida (Spiders!)
Again, there are no videos that deal w/ the 5 characteristics of arachnids, one of which is that they have a cephalothorax instead of a separate head and thorax like insects. So spiders only have two body parts while insects have three. Insects and spiders both have an abdomen.
Trapdoor Spider
(5) p. 376-379, Class Arachnida (Spiders!)
Again, there are no videos that deal w/ the 5 characteristics of arachnids, one of which is that they have a cephalothorax instead of a separate head and thorax like insects. So spiders only have two body parts while insects have three. Insects and spiders both have an abdomen.
Trapdoor Spider
read 380-385 draw 12.9
(6) p. 380, Classes Chilopoda and Diplopoda
Giant Centipede (has 1 set of legs on each body segment)
► Watch this Millipede (has 2 sets of legs on each body segment)
(7) p. 381-385, Class Insecta
Grasshoppers breathe through spiracles, tiny holes along the abdomen. There is one on each section. In this video, they look like little dark dots.
Complete Metamorphosis
4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult
The embedding was disabled by the person who posted these videos, so you will have to click on the links to watch. These are simply amazing!!!
►Monarch butterfly laying eggs
►Monarch caterpillar growing
►Monarch caterpillar changing into chrysalis
►Monarch butterfly metamorphosis
Incomplete Metamorphosis
3 stages: egg, nymph, adult
►Preying Mantis life cycle
read 385-389 ex. 12.2
(8) p. 385-388, A Few Orders in Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera: Ants, Bees, and Wasps ("social" insects - live in colonies)
(6) p. 380, Classes Chilopoda and Diplopoda
(7) p. 381-385, Class Insecta
4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult
The embedding was disabled by the person who posted these videos, so you will have to click on the links to watch. These are simply amazing!!!
►Monarch butterfly laying eggs
►Monarch caterpillar growing
►Monarch caterpillar changing into chrysalis
►Monarch butterfly metamorphosis
Incomplete Metamorphosis
3 stages: egg, nymph, adult
►Preying Mantis life cycle
read 385-389 ex. 12.2
(8) p. 385-388, A Few Orders in Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera: Ants, Bees, and Wasps ("social" insects - live in colonies)
Order Coleoptera: The Beetles
Bombardier Beetle
►Giant Waterbugs carry their eggs on their backs.
►Whirligig Beetles
(9) p. 389, Experiment 12.2, Insect Classification
Here are a couple of helpful links:
BugGuide.net
What's that Bug?
complete study guide
►Whirligig Beetles
(9) p. 389, Experiment 12.2, Insect Classification
Here are a couple of helpful links:
BugGuide.net
What's that Bug?
complete study guide
study and turn in lab book
take module #12 test
Interesting links related to Module #12
Great web site which
shows man’s attempt at copying God’s exoskeleton design.The robotic extended
walker is a six-legged, pneumatically powered exoskeleton.If your student is
interested in robotics, this page will thrill him or her.
UC Berkeley researchers
attempt at developing a robotic exoskeleton that can enhance human strength and
endurance is shown. This one is interesting in that it is a post 9/11
development designed to help firefighters climb stairs.
Have you ever wanted to
jump like a grasshopper? According to the manufacturer, this personal vehicle
designed for the 21st century will have “you trotting four-minute miles without
tiring and scrambling up a mountain like an ATV.”
Links that contain extra help for the
topics in Module #12
An insect's exoskeleton
(integument) serves not only as a protective covering over the body, but also
as a surface for muscle attachment, a water-tight barrier against desiccation,
and a sensory interface with the environment.It is a multi-layered structure
with four functional regions: epicuticle, procuticle, epidermis, and basement
membrane.This site is college-level look at this amazing structure.
Chitin is a white, horny
substance found in the outer skeletons of crabs, and lobsters and in the
internal structures of other invertebrates.It is a polysaccharide consisting of
units N-Acetyl Glucosamine and its highly crystalline structure accounts for
its poor solubility.This page will introduce the student to this important
biological compound.
Page contains colorized,
computer-enhanced, electron microscopic views of insects.The compound nature of
the insect eye can be plainly seen on these colorized plates.
This wonderful little
page has some great crayfish facts, pictures, and links.There is even
information on the care and feeding of the little buggers.
Click on the name of a
structure to see a picture with that structure pointed out.
Online tutorial site
which allows students to identify anatomy and provides extended learning
opportunity regarding the crayfish.If you are wondering what a structure is,
this site is a great place to start.
Super page! Well worth
the look with multiple links to spider information and facts.
Spider silk is an
extremely strong material and is on weight basis stronger than steel. It has
been suggested that a pencil thick strand of silk could stop a Boeing 747 in
flight.This awesome site explains the process of silk spinning.
Another article on the
wonders of spider silk.
How do spiders build a
web? It is an engineering marvel.If you can look at this page and still believe
that spiders just evolved and learned to spin webs by random chance, I have a
bridge and some swamp land to sell you.
Do spiders ever catch
anything besides bugs? There is one spider that is large enough to catch small
birds.This page has multiple links at the bottom regarding some very unusual
spiders.
Millipedes have 4 legs
per segment.Millipedes are docile herbivores and decomposers.Millipedes have
rounder bodies than centipedes.Millipedes are not poisonous.
Insects are an interesting
group.This fantastic web page from Animal Diversity Web provides 54 pages of
pictures and background information that your student should find
fascinating.Contains evolutionary content.
Insects have an
elaborate system of interconnecting tubes called tracheas. These tubes are
connected to the outside through a series of small holes in the exoskeleton
called spiracles. The network of tracheae is so complex and thorough that air
runs throughout the body, providing oxygen to all tissues! Air goes directly to
the tissues, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are directly exchanged with the
cells.
Hemolymph (or
haemolymph) is the blood analogue used by all arthropods and most mollusks that
have an open circulatory system.This page provides the components of this
interesting fluid.
Circulation, metabolism,
respiration, and excretion – every system that makes an insect a living thing
is discussed.Wonderful resource for this Module.
Great graphic of
complete metamorphosis.Be sure to click the back button on this page for more
information.
Great graphic of
incomplete metamorphosis.Be sure to click the back button on this page for more
information.
Beetles are an
interesting group of insects.This fantastic web page from Animal Diversity Web
provides seven pages of pictures and background information that your student
should find fascinating.Contains evolutionary content.
Another page from Animal
Diversity Web.This web page from Animal Diversity Web provides five pages of
pictures and background information that your student should find
interesting.Contains evolutionary content.
Ants, bees, and wasps
are includes in this Order.They are an amazing group.This web page from Animal
Diversity Web provides five pages of pictures and background
information.Contains evolutionary content.
The butterflies and
moths are found in this Order.Animal Diversity Web provides seventeen pages of
pictures and background information that should help your student better
understand this order.Contains evolutionary content.
Advanced topics related to Module #12
This site helps the
student investigate the Phylum.Great pictures and sound bites on this
site.Contains evolutionary content
This site is a college
level course tutorial designed to inform the students about the anatomy and
physiology of insects.It has excellent graphics and explains the structures
form and function in detail. Contains evolutionary content.
A web site on chitinL
it's chemistry and uses.
