Key Words

Vertebrates Invertebrates
Invertebrate Ricinulei
Characteristics Ancestors
Group (phylum) Scorpions
Constant body Changing body
Arthropods Ticks
temperature temperature Arthropods Exoskeleton Mites
Jointed limbs Spiders
Adapted Predators
Carnivores Prey
Developed Silk

Research Ideas
Presentation Ideas
• Describe the characteristics shared by most arachnids.
Design a wall
• Make a list of arachnids, and describe what each is like.
display with
• Which are the most dangerous spiders in the world?
diagrams and
• Describe how some spiders catch their prey.
facts. Make sure
• How should a tick be removed if one attaches itself to you?
your titles are big
and bold, and that
your work is as
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neat as possible.
• How do spiders spin their webs?
Give a talk to your
• Outline the courtship ritual of a scorpion.
class. Prepare some
• How are anti-venoms produced?
diagrams (maybe on
• Describe members of the order Ricinulei.
overheads) to help
• Which female spiders eat their mate?
illustrate your
presentation.

Internet Search Terms Websites

(We recommend “google.com”)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid
• arachnids + characteristics • http://www.sasionline.org/arthzoo/archnids.htm
• arachnids • http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/WhatareSpiders.htm
• “female spiders” • http://www.biology4kids.com/files/invert_spider.html
• spiders + “catch prey” • http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/Spiders.htm
• "removing ticks"

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