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Arthropods (Crustaceans, Insects, etc.)
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Ages: 7 - 12
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Arthropods make up 75% of invertebrates. Arthropods have several qualities in common: jointed legs, bodies divided into sections, and an exoskeleton, or shell. Some of the arthropods you may know include: lobsters, millipedes, spiders, ants, and b...utterflies. Learn more about arthropods with this slide show from StudyJams. Vibrant images are set to music while information is written under each photo. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
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May 15, 2011 at 08:52 PM
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Ages: 7 - 18
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Researchers have discovered a unique visual attribute that jumping spiders use in attacking and catching prey. The arachnids use what is called image defocus-proven in part by videos that show spiders jumping with deadly accuracy in green light (and ...fumbling in red).
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February 6, 2012 at 11:51 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Spiders and crustaceans, also known as arthropods, led the charge from water to land--now outnumbering all terrestrial animals. But what about arthropods makes them so adaptable to life on land? Marine biologist Tierney Thys, and Noé Sardet and Shari...f Mirshak of the
Plankton Chronicles Project, shows us a world of fascinating animals and their habitats. (05:27)
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November 19, 2012 at 11:09 AM
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Ages: 6 - 14
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This short video gives excellent real life footage of adult Horseshoe crabs mating on the shore. Students will get a close up view of the soft eggs with baby crabs inside. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to ar...achnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites), and are the closest living relatives of the now extinct trilobites. Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head region, known as the ‘prosoma’, the abdominal region or ‘opisthosoma’ and the spine-like tail or ‘telson. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:46)
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March 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM
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Ages: 6 - 14
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of Horseshoe Crab Larvae shortly after they have hatched. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites), and ar...e the closest living relatives of the now extinct trilobites. Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head region, known as the ‘prosoma’, the abdominal region or ‘opisthosoma’ and the spine-like tail or ‘telson’. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:26)
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March 4, 2012 at 10:50 PM
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Ages: 6 - 14
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of Horseshoe Crabs. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites), and are the closest living relatives of the ...now extinct trilobites. Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head region, known as the ‘prosoma’, the abdominal region or ‘opisthosoma’ and the spine-like tail or ‘telson. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:34)
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March 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM
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Ages: 6 - 14
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of Horseshoe Crab eggs floating in water on the shore and being eaten by seagulls. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions,... ticks and mites), and are the closest living relatives of the now extinct trilobites . Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head region, known as the ‘prosoma’, the abdominal region or ‘opisthosoma’ and the spine-like tail or ‘telson. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:32)
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March 4, 2012 at 10:30 PM
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Ages: 6 - 14
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This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of Gulls eating Horseshoe Crab eggs on water's shore. Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites), and are th...e closest living relatives of the now extinct trilobites. Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head region, known as the ‘prosoma’, the abdominal region or ‘opisthosoma’ and the spine-like tail or ‘telson. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (0:41)
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March 4, 2012 at 10:53 PM
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Ages: 5 - 10
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Backyard Bugs
From pbslearningmedia.org, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York
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Do you like insects? In this video from Wild TV, you will see and hear about many different kinds of insects. Some crawl like spiders and centipedes, while others fly, walk on water and even flip and click. You will learn the names of some interestin...g-looking insects. You will also learn how to be safe around dangerous spiders and how to identify male and female Dobson flies. By listening and watching closely, you can tell how the speakers feel about the various insects by the ways the speakers react to and talk about the insects. (2:48)
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March 10, 2012 at 11:25 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Forget the fireflies, check out these lightning bugs of a different color. SciFri listener Chris Lavin stumbled upon fluorescing blue millipedes during an evening stroll near her home in Canyon, California and sent along video documentation. Glowing...-millipede specialist Paul Marek, an entomologist at the University of Arizona, identified the millipedes, and explained what's known about their mysterious glow.(3:57)
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June 4, 2012 at 02:06 PM
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