Animals without Backbones, Grades 1-3 (Science Works for Kids Series)

Animals Without Backbones covers these concepts:

• animals without backbones are called invertebrates

• invertebrates are classified by their body characteristics

• most kinds of invertebrates live in the ocean

• invertebrates have developed different ways of acquiring food

• invertebrates’ movements are adapted to the animals’ needs

• invertebrates have developed many forms of self-defense

• some invertebrates build homes

A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes:

• teacher directions for lessons

• reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations