In our fungi lab on Thursday, students had the chance to observe two types of fungi in more detail: yeast and mushrooms. Students dissected the mushroom and used the microscope to identify the hyphae in the stem and the spores in the gills. We wrapped up our chapter on protists and fungi this week and took the chapter test on Thursday.
We have finally made our way into to the animal kingdom! Students explored the diversity of the animal kingdom with an activity on Friday. They had to list animals that fit into given categories, and then as students shared answers with the class, they had to cross off any animal that was listed by another group. We discovered that there are WAY more animals than we could have anticipated. Remember, though...most animals (more than 95%) are actually invertebrates!
Next week we will study the phyla of simple invertebrates in more detail.
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