Learning Coach — Animals: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Objectives
Students will:
- Identify animals that are vertebrates.
- Identify animals that are invertebrates.
- Distinguish between the two major animal groups: vertebrates and invertebrates.
Skills Needed
Students must be able to:
- A basic understanding of animals.
Materials Needed
Students will need:
- crayons or colored pencils
Keywords
- vertebrates
- invertebrates
- animal groups
- backbones
- mammals
- fish
- birds
- reptiles
- amphibians
- spiders
- snails
- worms
- insects
Draw Vertebrates and Invertebrates
How many animals of each type can you think of?
Goal:
Goal:
On the first page of your lesson notes, draw as many examples of vertebrates as you can. On the next page, draw examples of invertebrates.Which do you think there are more of, vertebrates or invertebrates? There are actually many more invertebrates! We just don’t see them because many of them are very small or live in the sea!