It’s a new semester and the students are excited about animals. They have even asked to which phyla lice belong. The answer is Arthropoda. They are in the class Insecta. I did some additional research and learned there are 4 subclasses of lice and they are divided by the host they live on. Human lice have their own subclass. This is just an example of the fun things we are learning. We are currently learning about invertebrates and when we finish this chapter, we will do our first dissection — the earthworm, which is in the phylum Annelida (segmented worms).
Life Science
This week we have finished our chapter on animal behavior and reproduction. We will review for the test on Thursday and their test will be on Monday. This weekend, the students should study their vocabulary note cards, their notes, and their review sheet. It would be...
