1. Complete the table below using the information on Page 2 to help you.
2. This table lists the common features or characteristics that are used to group
animals into different Phyla. Use this information to help you to complete the
table.
1. Name three animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria.
2. Identify the key characteristics of Cnidarians.
3. Describe what nematocysts are used for.
1. List the five (5) main classes (groups) of animals in this phylum.
2. Identify the key characteristics of animals in this phylum.
3. Describe papulae and explain what they are used for.
4. Describe a madreporite and explain what it is used for.
1. List some of the animals that belong in this phylum.
2. Identify the key characteristics of animals in this phylum.
3. Describe what a radula is and where it is found.
1. What makes them different? SeaStar, sea cucumbers and sea urchins are all grouped together because they have characteristics in common, even though each animal looks very different to the others.
2. List three characteristics that they all have in common.
3. Dichotomous keys are used by scientists to correctly identify species. Use the key below to identify the three types of echinoderms in the pictures below.
1. Select which group of worms the name Platyhelminthes refers to.
2. Connect the following words to their meaning.
3. Identify the key characteristics of animals in this phylum.
After watching the Lucky Turtle Puppet Show students can test their listening skill to show what Lucky Turtle eats, and which animals warned Lucky about specific threats.
This simplified survey slate can be used when conducting a 10-minute timed-swim survey as part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Eye on the Reef - Rapid Monitoring: Be a Marine Biologist for a Day (BAMBFAD) program. The survey is citizen science community monitoring tool that enables students to and collect and contribute data that can be used to inform Reef management. Primary and middle school students usually only do the Be a Marine Biologist for a Day- 10-minute timed swim survey. Senior students (ages 15+ years) usually do the full Rapid Monitoring survey.
Here is what some of our Reef Guardian Stewards at Grow Aitutaki have been achieving in the Cook Islands. This exciting, emerging organisation shares its visually beautiful and informative yearly report.
This beautifully illustrated book, by Isabella Graham, explores the real science of sharks and the challenges sharks face from living alongside humans.
