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Animation | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. See the fantastic microscopic spicules that support the sponge’s body. Students become a tiny particle flying through the canals of a sponge. Sponge Animation: Wild Ride Through a Sponge. Look inside an anemone’s body to see the inner workings of the first animal with nerves and muscles. Cnidarian Animation: Anenome Body Plan. Turn an anemone upside down and you get a jellyfish. Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa. Nematocysts shoot barbed harpoons to catch prey. Look inside the a...

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Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa. Cnidarians come in two basic shapes. An anemone is the polyp shape. If the polyp shape is turned upside down, it becomes the medusa shape of the jellyfish. More Resources About Cnidarians. Next Generation Science Standards for this Video. MS-LS1.A Structure and Function. The same body plan in Cnidarians has been specialized for radically different life styles. Community Developed Lesson Plans to Use with this Video. Cell to cell communication.

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Molluscs: Octopus Catching Crab | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Molluscs: Octopus Catching Crab. An octopus chases and catches a crab using its eight arms to subdue its prey. More Resources About Molluscs. Next Generation Science Standards for this Video. MS-LS1.A Structure and Function. Octopuses have incredible eyesight and an intelligent brain. They move with great speed using a kind of jet propulsion to chase down prey. Their eight long arms, covered with suckers, catch and hold the prey while their powerful beak eats.

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Echinoderm Animation: Sea Star Body Plan | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Echinoderm Animation: Sea Star Body Plan. We learn how a sea star’s skeleton works and then travel inside the sea star to see the nerve ring and how the hydraulic system of tube feet works. More Resources About Echinoderm. Next Generation Science Standards for this Video. MS-LS1.A Structure and Function. The sea star’s body plan is a system based on five-part symmetry. All the tissues and organs are specialized for this unique way of life. Cell to cell communication.

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Download Library | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Annelid worms have incredibly diverse ways of making a living. Annelids: Powerful and Capable Worms. An obscure worm-like animal called Amphioxus teaches us about our relatives. Chordates: We’re All Family. These simple creatures invented movement. Cnidarians: Life on the Move. Echinoderms show us that animals radically different from us, even ones without a brain, can be ultimately successful. Echinoderms: The Ultimate Animal. Flatworms: The First Hunter. Molluscs: The Survival Game.

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Featured Teachers | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Karah Nazor, Ph.D., McCallie High School. Posted on June 28th, 2016. Read more about Karah Nazor, Ph.D., McCallie High School. Kimberly Williams, Long Island, New York. Posted on May 23rd, 2016. Did you hear that crashing noise? That was us, Shape of Life and I, breaking down those classroom walls and getting students connected to the world around them! Read more about Kimberly Williams, Long Island, New York. Deanna McBeath, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School. Heidi Bordeleau, Mark...

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Behavior | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Watch how quickly a sponge filters water to feed. Sponges: Filter Feeding Made Visible. Sponges are the only animals whose cells can reassemble when broken apart. Sponges: Time-lapse of Sponge Cells Recombining. Though they look like flowers, anemones are active predators using cells with toxins to catch prey. Cnidarians: Anemone Catches Goby. Watch in time-lapse as anemones fight. An anemone swims away from an attacking sea star. Cnidarians: Anemone Swims Away From Sea Star. After ...

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New Resource! ORIGINS Animal Eve: Sponges | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. ORIGINS Animal Eve: Sponges. Posted on August 11th, 2015. Origins: Animal Eve,. A newly revised chapter from. The Shape of Life. Book, is a comprehensive resource on sponges. Cell to cell communication.

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Other Topics | the Shape of Life | The Story of the Animal Kingdom

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Skip to main content. Robert Full studies arthropod locomotion to unlock the secrets of their success. Most active animals have a bilaterally symmetrical body plan. In a flash, over 500 million years ago, fantastic creatures suddenly appeared in the fossil record. Mitch Sogin searches the genes of various animals to find out which one gave rise to all the others. Genetics: Genes Tell Us About Evolution. Genetics: How Genes Direct Development. The human body plan is built for fast action. Mankind is not a...

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Frequently Asked Questions | Central Coast Veterans Cemetery

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When does money need to be donated? We need to raise $1,617,000 by October 2013 in order to match the $7,797,000 of state and federal money. I heard that Phase 1 does not involve in-ground burials. Is that true? Yes The Veterans Cemetery will be built in two phases. The first phase will provide for site work, the entrance, a committal shelter, a plaza and 5,000 niches in a columbaria. Phase 2 will include in-ground burial sites. Aren't there other veterans cemeteries in the area? The Department of Vetera...