Mammal Morphology - Bats, People and other
Mammals share many body traits in common. Yet each species has some characteristics that are unique. Both the common traits and the unique ones work to enable the species survive and thrive. Animal morphology or anatomy is the study of the shape, form, and structure of animals and their parts.
1. Review the Comparison and Contrast Guide @ ReadWriteThink - online activity through "Evaluating".
2. Use the resources in Visual Dictionary Online to examine the external morphology of bats, people and one other wetland mammal.
A table is a great way to make a visual representation of the findings. You can use it to identify similarties and differences.
Make a Mammals Table
Enter the characteristics down the first column. Place a + plus sign if the mammal has that characteristic.
Place a - minus sign, if it does not.
Body morphology |
Bat morphology | Human body | |
| backbone | |||
| hair or fur covering | |||
| wing | |||
| wing membrane | |||
| eye | |||
| ear | |||
| skin | |||
| elbow | |||
| tail | |||
| foot | |||
| nose | |||
| hand | |||
| thumb | |||
| wrist | |||
| metacarpels | |||
| claw | |||
| skull |
Discuss your findings.
What do these three mammals have in common?
Wetlands: Habitat / Mammals / Birds / Macroinvertebrates - Aquatic insects / Plants & trees / Amphibians / Conclusions
Food Web Relationships / Wetland Ecology Vocabulary Exercise / Mammal Morphology compare - contrast
Collecting Data Activity pdf / doc. / Citizen Science Projects - collect some data
Lentic or Lotic ecosystem / Wetland Ecology Dilemmas / Wetlands Issues eGame - pbl
Wetland Poem Project / Wetland or Frog Song activity / Digital Science Journal / Environmental Issue Video Project
Bats are our Buddies / Bats at the Beach Activity / Water Wars / Eagles Evaluation
Pennsylvania HS Envirothon / Water & Watershed Studies / Monitor Wetland
Plants and People | Nature | Build a School Habitat Garden | Green occupations at US DOL
Internet Hunts / Puzzles and Projects / Problem based Learning / Civics & History / Habitat Garden / Computers / Home
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Pennsylvania Science Anchors Science NetLinks Benchmark 5 - The Living Environment D. Interdependence of Life - " In all environments freshwater, marine, forest, desert, grassland, mountain, and others organisms with similar needs may compete with one another for resources, including food, space, water, air, and shelter. |