8th grade 2006 lesson plans

Biology: 8th Grade

Topic: Coldblooded Vertebrates

Objectives:

- To describe the general characteristics of vertebrates.
- Compare warmblooded and coldblooded vertebrates.

Content:

- Characteristics of vertebrates
- Fish: the tree classes of fish
- Amphibians (metamorphosis on frogs)
- Reptiles and their adaptations to live on land.

Topic: Warmblooded Vertebrates

Objectives:

- To describe the general characteristics of vertebrates.
- Compare warmblooded and coldblooded vertebrates.
- Quiz on coldblooded vertebrates

Content:

- Amphibians (metamorphosis on frogs).
- Reptiles and their adaptations to live on land.
- Warmblooded vertebrates

Topic: Mammals: Monotremes, Marsupials and Placental

Objectives:

- Quiz on Cold Blooded Vertebrates.
- Mammals. Monotremes, Marsupial, Placental.
- Origin of First Mammals. Continental drift and specialization

Topic: Placental Mammals Orders: Insectivora, Edentata, Lagomorpha

Objectives:

- Describe the major characteristics of each Order of Mammals.
- State the similarities and differences among the different groups within the Order.
- Explain and compare the major habits of each Order.


Topic: Placental Mammals Orders: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Perissodactyla, Chiroptera

Objectives:

- Describe the major characteristics of each Order of Mammals.
- State the similarities and differences among the different groups within the Order.
- Explain and compare the major habits of each Order.

Topic: Placental Mammals Orders: Sirenia and Cetacea

Objectives:

- Describe the major characteristics of each Order of Mammals.
- State the similarities and differences among the different groups within the Order.
- Explain and compare the major habits of each Order.

Topic: Earth Biomes (final presentations)

Objectives:

- Describe the major characteristics of the different biomes
- List and describe the most representative animals that live in each biome
- State the most relevant types of specilization that each animal needs to develop for its adaptation in the different biomes