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Flatworms
Flatworm Videos
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Lesson Plan
Flatworms: The First Hunter QuestionsThere are three separate lessons here based on questions.A list of questions about the characteristics of flatworms to use after viewing the video Flatworms: The First Hunter.A Shape of Life: The First Hunter worksheet. Students make sketches and write short answers to questions about the amazing world of flatworms. This was created by Rachel Miller from Science from Scratch.A Powerpoint with questions to use while watching the video Flatworms: The First Hunter.Full Lesson Plan
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Factsheet
Flatworms: An Ancient Body PlanAround 20,000 flatworm species today have the same basic body plan that appeared roughly 500 million years ago.Download Factsheet
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Reading
Flatworms: Getting Ahead, An Explosion of LifeWhen you collect marine animals, there are certain flatworms so delicate that they are almost impossible to capture whole, for they break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and then lift them gently into your bottle of seawater.Download Reading
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Did You Know?
The Super Power of Planarian Stem Cells
Believe it or not planarian flatworms are super-heroes. They can regenerate new heads, tails or their entire bodies thanks to all of pluripotent stem cells in their bodies
The Super Power of Planarian Stem Cells
Believe it or not planarian flatworms are super-heroes. They can regenerate new heads, tails or their entire bodies thanks to all of pluripotent stem cells in their bodies
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Shape of Life Blog
Warning Coloration In Flatworms
Find out why we’re alarmed when we see brightly colored or contrasting colored animals.
Warning Coloration In Flatworms
Find out why we’re alarmed when we see brightly colored or contrasting colored animals.
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