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Session Six -- Links
Session Six -- Links
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Animals in the Water
Animals in the Water
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Animals in the Sea
Expert
Biology Help 24/7
Biology Experts
Available Online
University and High
School level
http://www.accessexcellence.org/BF/bf03/somero/toc.html
Adaptations to the Deep Sea
Dr George Somero gave this talk to high school teachers. It is easy to read,
accessible, and fascinating. Find out how life forms have adapted to the challenges
of living in the depths of the oceans. Pictures and charts are included.
http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/deepsea.html
Deep Sea Pages
by Professor Paul H Yancey has information and pictures of animal life in the ocean depths.
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu
Dive and Discover:
This site is about deep ocean exploration and has some great
pictures! Explore!
http://www.oceans.gov.au/norfanz/CreatureFeature.htm
This site has
unusual and interesting pictures of, and text about, strange sea
creatures. The site belongs to the Australian and New
Zealand Governments. Please honor their copyright rules.
http://www.assateague.com/shells.html
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Seashells
and Other Things from Assateague Beach
Pictures of sea shells.
Life
on Australian Seashores
by Keith Davey is a lovely
site with accessible
information about animals
that live along the shore
line which includes
crabs. There are
good animated pictures of
the young larvae.
Suitable for all ages.
http://darter.ocps.k12.fl.us/classroom/klenk/index.htm
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Apopka
High Marine Science - good information!
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/
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Missouri Botanical
Gardens
- This page is a gateway to a lot of information on aquatic
ecosystems: in the oceans. It has sections on the shoreline,
the deep ocean. It also has sections about the temperate
ocean, ponds and lakes, rivers and streams, and wetlands. It
also has sections on ecosystems on land. Be sure and look at
this site!
http://www.seasky.org/
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Sea and Sky has many pages on the Splendors of the Sea
and the
Wonders of the Universe. See beautiful pictures and
informative text to inspire you as you make your own ocean
creatures. This site has some interactive pages that are fun
to try!
Invertebrates: This attractive
page from NOAA gives an excellent overview of marine invertebrates.
Suitable for all ages.
The
Rocky Shore contains excellent
information on the animals of the
Rocky Shore community.
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Eight Phyla
The Shape of Life: This web site has
information telated to the PBS series, The Shape of Life,
Links expand on the evolution and characteristics of sponges.
Cnidaria:
Jelly Fish, Corals, and Sea Anemones
This site has pictures and
descriptions of a number of jellyfish.
Introduction
to the Echinodermata: Excellent University of California,
Berkeley page on starfish and their relatives. Fossil record, body shape, and
ecology are all here. Read this one to get a good idea of how to write up your
animals!
http://www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html
Echinoderms: An excellent page with
lots of well organized, readable, and and easily understood information,
There are also many pictures.
. Mollusca:
Clams, Snails, Octopi, Squid
Platyhelminthes: Flat Worms, Tape Worms
Flatworms. This beautiful site has pictures and
interesting, easy to read text.
Annelids:
Round Worms, Earth Worms
The Phylum Arthropoda: This
excellent site will give you a lot of information on this
enormous phylum and its members. It is clear and
accessible, well organized and easy to read.
Chordata: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals, Birds
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Food Chains
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/FoodChain/FoodChain.htm
- The Food Chain, Kidport Reference LIbrary. This site gives a simple example of what a food chain is. There are two nicely illustrated examples, one about the sea, the other on land. Suitable for all ages.
http://www.mos.org/oceans/life/webs.html
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The Living Sea: Predators and Prey. This page explains what a food chain is and provides a picture and a link to a simple and effective classroom activity.
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Evolution and Taxonomies
At this site three areas
are addressed:
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Philogeny
-- the "family tree" of life.
Here you will see charts classifying the
life forms on earth. You will need to
make similar charts for your own planet,
abeit on a much more modest scale. If
you study these models, constructing your
own "family trees" will be easy
for you!
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Geological
Time. Studying this branch will help
you to understand the immense stretches
of time that are involved in the development
of life forms. Perhaps you can diagram
a similar progression for your own planet.
It will give you an idea of more complex
forms evolve from simple ones, and how
periodic extinctions are followed by a
different dominant group.
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Evolutionary
Thought will give you an opportunity
to see how scientists are thinking about
the development of life.
http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/home/museum.htm
The
Glasgow University
Zoology Museum gives
descriptions and
characteristics of all
the land animal
phyla. Short,
clear descriptions,
helpful pictures and
diagrams, and
beautifully organized
material makes this
accessible and
interesting reading.
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