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Chapter 12: Invertebrate Animals

North Prairie Wildlife Research Center, a division of the U.S. Geological Survey
View the different types of butterflies in your state. If weather permits, organize a field trip to identify butterflies in the wild. Otherwise, use watercolors to paint several species of native butterflies.

Unit 2: Classifying Life

CELLS alive!
Use time-lapse technology to plot growth and cell division of bacteria.

Michigan State University
Vist Dirtland or Water World at the Microbe Zoo. How many microbes are found in an average gram of soil?

Busch Gardens
Create your own animal. Then, based on its characteristics, classify it in the Linnaean Classification System.

The Museum of Paleontolgy, University of California, Berkeley
Learn about the many different forms of life found on Earth. What do all living things have in common?