Module 12: Anthropoda

Teaching homeschool biology to K -11 kids all at the same time.

Textbook: Exploring Creation with Biology

Schedule:
Middle School and High School kids read chapter 12 before class.
Younger kids read at least one book from the library on insects.

Notebook:

Title Page
2 pages for Table of Contents. Number the lines
Number 50 pages in the notebook. Put the numbers in the bottom outside corner of the page.
Make a page for assignments after the Table of Contents.
Staple, clear tape or glue any handouts on the right pages and note their location on the table of contents. Make any notes or thoughts or drawings about class on the left side.

Taxonomy-
Taxonomy is like a mini-storage building. It is a way of storing our knowledge of God's creation in a systematic fashion. There are five individual units in the building. These are the five kingdoms that group all living things; Monera, Protista, Fungi, Anamilia, Plantae. Inside the units there are boxes, boxes inside of them, with boxes inside of them... well you get the idea.

Here is a list of our storage units from largest to smallest. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. We remember this list with the sentence "King Phillip Came Over For Gold and Silver."

Insect Collection:

Assignment: collect, mount and identify down to order at least 5 different insects. You can use the insect keys on the web to help identify them. If you come to class without insects, you will be sent out to find them, and not allowed in class until you find and identify them.

Anthropoda- the biggest phyla, more members than all the other phyla combined.
Characteristics