SCI-2010 v2

Fowler, S., Roush, R., Wise, J. (2013). Diversity of animals. In Concepts of biology. Open Stax. https://openstax.org/books/concepts-biology/pages/15-introduction
This is an overview of the species of animals, including distinguishing factors.

Understanding Evolution. (2018, November 26). The arthropod story. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/arthropodstory
This is an interactive visualization on arthropods.

OER Commons. (n.d.). Life histories and natural selection. https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15174/overview
An instructional reading describing how the role of life-history patterns are influenced by natural selection and how it plays into a species’ survival.

Khan Academy Partners. (2019, April). Comparative anatomy: What makes us animals. Crash course biology [Video]. https://youtu.be/77_wq8yFEf8
Watching this video will provide a visualization of how the anatomy of different animals compares to one another.

Khan Academy Partners. (2019, April). Simple Animals: Sponges, jellies, and octopuses. Crash course biology [Video]. https://youtu.be/qThlokfE-yk
Watching this video will provide a visualization of the “simplest” of animals.

Khan Academy Partners. (2019, April). Complex animals: Annelids and arthropods. Crash course biology [Video]. https://youtu.be/DfhhHr1KQic
Watching this video will provide information about some of the more complex animals.

Khan Academy Partners. (2019, April). Chordates. Crash course biology [Video]. https://youtu.be/c7Yy9v8dH8s
Watching this video will help you understanding of chordates.

Khan Academy Partners. (2019, April). Animal Behavior. Crash course biology [Video]. https://youtu.be/Kgii4IcKCOg
Watching this video explains why individual animals do what they do.

Khan Academy. (n.d.). Life History Strategies and Fecundity [Video]. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/population-ecology/v/organism-life-history-and-fecundity
Watching this video provides a visualization of how species differ in their interactions due to their specific life history.