Through a sequence of “explore-before-explain” laboratory investigations, coupled with segments from the Shape of Life videos, students study molluscs in the present and their long evolutionary history. The module includes those listed below, which can also stand alone.
In this hands-on activity, students study the beautiful shells not as objects of beauty but as artifacts born of an evolutionary arms race.
Lab dissection of a representative of Class Bivalvia. Supported by several Shape of Life segments, students interpret bivalve adaptations as a radical case of divergent evolution: A simple ancestral snail with a mobile lifestyle, single dome-shaped shell, bilateral symmetry, and a head (“cephalization”) transformed into a headless, double-shelled, sedentary filter-feeder whose bilateral form is obscure.
A list of questions about the characteristics of Molluscs to use after viewing the video Molluscs: the Survival Game.
A list of questions to use after viewing the video Molluscs: The Survival Game.
Students learn about molluscs through this PowerPoint which can be used individually or in a virtual classroom.
Through a sequence of “explore-before-explain” laboratory investigations, coupled with segments from the Shape of Life videos, students study molluscs in the present and their long evolutionary history. The module includes those listed below, which can also stand alone.
This brief hands-on investigation of Gastropods –snails and slugs – includes observation of the bodies and behavior of live slugs or snails and video segments. Both high school and middle school versions are provided. The instructor's guide applies to both versions.
In this hands-on activity, students study the beautiful shells not as objects of beauty but as artifacts born of an evolutionary arms race. Both high school and middle school versions are provided. The instructor's guide applies to both versions
A lab dissection using mussels and supported by several Shape of Life segments: students interpret bivalve adaptations as a radical case of divergent evolution.
Both high school and middle school versions are provided. The instructor's guide applies to both versions.
A lab dissection using oysters and supported by several Shape of Life segments: students interpret bivalve adaptations as a radical case of divergent evolution.
Both high school and middle school versions are provided. The instructor's guide applies to both versions.
Lab dissection of a squid supported by several Shape of Life segments: students interpret squid adaptations as a radical case of divergent evolution.
Both high school and middle school versions are provided. The instructor's guide applies to both versions.
