Vertebrate vs invertebrate activities

I try to incorporate hands-on projects into our home education as much as possible. When it comes to science, we love experiments, getting outside, and models. Models allow us to represent something w

Both of my boys are exploring life science this year, which means that their curriculum overlaps at least some of the time (thank goodness!...

Learning about vertebrates and invertebrates? Use Playdough to make the lesson stick!

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Some of the things we learned: What is a vertebrate/invertebrate There are 5 groups of vertebrates (mammals, Fish, Birds,Reptiles and Amphibians) The major groups of invertebrates (Flat worms, round worms, segmented worms, mollusks, sea stars and arthropods). We read some picture books on both types of animals learned a song I found online about the major groups of invertebrates. watched some science videos. The boys sorted the vertebrate groups. You can find this FREE worksheet here…

Vertebrates and Invertebrates - Venn Diagram

Studying vertebrates and invertebrates makes for fun lessons for students - like this one, where kids get to make "animals" out of playdough and then stack wooden blocks on top! Read more about how to implement this lesson in this post.

The kids separated things into invertebrate and vertebrate cards. Then we talked about the five vertebrate groups....

Kids will have fun sorting animals by vertebrates or invertebrates with this free printable!

Both of my boys are exploring life science this year, which means that their curriculum overlaps at least some of the time (thank goodness!). Right now Colby is learning some basic comparative anatomy: vertebrates vs. invertebrates. Our classroom laptop is playing a larger role this year than it previously has. Carefully chosen online games and videos can keep one child engaged and learning while I work one-on-one with the other. I got a pair of good headphones with volume control (Kidz Gear…