Week of 4/18

We wrapped up our chapter on protists and fungi this week and took the chapter test on Tuesday.

We have finally made our way into to the animal kingdom! Students explored the diversity of the animal kingdom with an activity on Wednesday. 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. The students came up with such a variety of animals, I think they surprised themselves with how familiar they were with the diversity of the animal kingdom. Remember, though...most animals (more than 95%) are actually invertebrates!
Next week we will study the phyla of simple invertebrates in more detail.