The Co-op Biology class is studying animals by comparing the nine, main phyla with this chart. (We’re adding and refining categories. For example, we added Nutrition, Ecological Niche, Waste removal, and Unique Features. It’s likely there will be more categories.) The kids are making dissections and clay models. Is this process working? I decided to do an impromptu test. I asked the kids to list the main traits for Phyla Porifera and Cnidaria. They did! That was my question: Were the kids learning about the animals’ characteristics? Yes, we are using slideshows initially. But the kids are using textbooks and diagrams to examine details for their paper dissections and clay models. I think they’re absorbing information.
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