ScienceWorks for Kids: Animals Without Backbones, Grades 1-3 - Teacher Reproducibles, E-book

Animals Without Backbones covers these concepts:

• animals without backbones are called invertebrates
• invertebrates are classified by their body characteristics
• most kinds of invertebrates live in the ocean
• invertebrates have developed different ways of acquiring food
• invertebrates’ movements are adapted to the animals’ needs
• invertebrates have developed many forms of self-defense
• some invertebrates build homes

A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes:

• teacher directions for lessons
• reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations