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"Baby, You're an Arthropod!" Song about insects, crustaceans, arachnids & more by Lucas Miller

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By reading texts in science you build a foundation, that foundation makes you better readers within science. Example Reading about arthropods, learning new information about arthropods, when you read more about arthropods you will remember what you have read before, and add the new knowledge to what you know

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What is an arthropod?

You live with them almost everyday, even in the very cold winter months! They are everywhere and are the largest animal phylum -- about 85% of all known animals in the world are part of this class.

There are far more species of arthropods than there are species in all the other phylums(phyla) combined.

Mosquito
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Grasshopper
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They are spiders, insects, centipedes, mites, ticks, lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles, scorpions and many, many others.

Can you see two segments?
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Can you see three segments?
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The easiest way to tell an arthropod from any other animal is to see if they have:

1) A segmented body.

This means that they will have a body made up of more than one part. Spiders have two segments and flies have three segments.

centipede

2) Many jointed legs or limbs.

Spiders have 8 legs, millipedes can have... Hundreds!

Crab
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3) An exoskeleton.

This is an external skeleton. Like armor, it protects the arthropods body. When arthropods are born the exoskeleton is soft but hardens quickly and it can be shed as the creature grows. Arthropods are invertebrates; which means that they do not have a backbone.
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4) Cold blooded

Arthropods are cold blooded -- which means, their body temperature depends on the temperature of the environment surrounding them.

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Arthropods are some of the most interesting animals in the world!

They fly, they creep, and they crawl. They live on land, in ponds and in the ocean. From ants to bumblebees, crabs to crayfish, spiders to centipedes -- which are your favorites!?
Mantis Shrimp >
Scientific stuff: Arthropods include eleven animal classes

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Merostomata (horseshoe crabs, eurypterids)

Class Pycnogonida (sea spiders)

Class Arachnida (spiders, ticks, mites)

Subphylum Crustacea

Class Remipedia

Class Cephalocarida

Class Branchiopoda (fairy shrimp, water fleas)

Class Maxillopoda (ostracods, copepods, barnacles)

Class Malacostraca (isopods, amphipods, krill, crabs, shrimp)

Subphylum Uniramia

Class Chilopoda (centipedes)

Class Diplopoda (millipedes)

Class Insecta (all of the insects including ants, bees, beetles and butterflies)

Take a Break!

On-Line Jigsaw Puzzle: On-Line Jigsaw Puzzle: On-Line Jigsaw Puzzle: Shrimp
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You live with them almost everyday, even in the very cold winter months! They are everywhere and are the largest animal phylum -- about 85% of all known animals in the world are part of this class. There are far more species of arthropods than there are species in all the other phylums(phyla) combined.

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November Journal Writing Small Moment continued, or being . Lead sound, question, action, review story parts BME B When where who M Plot what happened E Interesting End   Word and window wall.   B & E of sentence  Dialogue Watermelon Slice Seed

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November Journal Writing Small Moment continued, or being . Lead sound, question, action, review story parts BME B When where who M Plot what happened E Interesting End   Word and window wall.   B & E of sentence  Dialogue Watermelon Slice Seed

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Alise   Jordan  Kash   Jaclynn                                                                                  Hezekiah  Adrian  Logan                                              

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Clean Up Robot (Mark D. Pencil/Harry Kindergarten Music Collaboration)

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Rights and Responsibilities Vocabulary 14 and 15

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Rights and Responsibilities Vocabulary 14 and 15

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Rights and Responsibilities Chart meanings complete exercise

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Rights and Responsibilities Chart meanings complete exercise