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Shape of Life provides free science resources for both students and teachers about the evolution of the animal kingdom. We offer short videos, lesson plans, features and news of animals on planet earth.
Phyla
The animal kingdom is one of six kingdoms of life on earth. Discover the greatest story ever told - the story of the animal kingdom and the eight major phyla that make up 99 percent of animals.
Features
Creature
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
Colossal Squid
This giant squid weighs approximately 800 – 1100 pounds and is almost 5 feet long. WOW! That’s a HUGE invertebrate.
Lesson Plan
Artful Echinoderms
Engaging Students with Echinoderm Phenomena, Adaptations, and Art
Artful Echinoderms
Engaging Students with Echinoderm Phenomena, Adaptations, and Art
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Climate News
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
Ocean Acidification and Cephalopods
Blurb: Squid are very intelligent visual hunters, acidic oceans due to climate change ensures a bleak future for these creatures. Humans have the capacity to curb carbon emissions.
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Teacher
Allison Gong, PhD Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
“I think all little kids are born scientists, with an innate curiosity about the world and how things work. Some, like me, never grew out of it.”
Allison Gong, PhD Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
“I think all little kids are born scientists, with an innate curiosity about the world and how things work. Some, like me, never grew out of it.”
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Scientist
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Auckland, NZ
It was as a volunteer at the New England Aquarium where Kat fell deeply in love with the giant pacific octopus. Thereafter, cephalopods became Kat’s passion.
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Blog
My MBARI: Looking Into the Deep Sea- The Bathypelagic!
"I’ve been sitting for hours in a darkened room with over 20 computer screens. And I love it. I’m watching particles of marine snow falling down the screen until someone says, 'stop let’s look at that'!.”
My MBARI: Looking Into the Deep Sea- The Bathypelagic!
"I’ve been sitting for hours in a darkened room with over 20 computer screens. And I love it. I’m watching particles of marine snow falling down the screen until someone says, 'stop let’s look at that'!.”
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