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Resources for Science > Life Science > Animals > Structures and Functions

Insecta - Information

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Insecta.html

The world is convered in bugs, so shouldnt you know a little bit about them? Find out what you need at Insecta Inspecta World!

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Photograph, Audio/Visual - Sound, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6

Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part.

Resource Type: Audio/Visual - Photograph, Audio/Visual - Sound, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference, Reference Material - Classification Key
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Animal structure and function

http://bioweb.usc.edu/courses/2004-spring/documents/bisc221-baudry_lecture21.pdf

A slide show discussing hierarchical organization tissues, organs, systems, regulation of internal environment: metabolic rate, body plans and external environment, and bioenergetics of animals.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Lecture/Presentation
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6