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Chordates

Chordate Videos

Phyla

  • Chordates: We’re All Family

Animation

  • Human Body Plan
  • Chordate Animation: Amphioxus to Vertebrate Body Plan

Scientist

  • Jenny Clack, Paleontologist: The First Vertebrate Walks on Land

General Info

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Role in Ecosystem

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Climate

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    Thermometer and waves

Human Interaction

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Paleontology

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    Lesson Plan
    Our Chordate Family Tree
    Students explore the evolution of the phylum Chordata by constructing a "family tree" - a diagram of evolutionary traits and animals.

    Full Lesson Plan

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    Blue Tunicates
    Factsheet
    Chordates: This Is Us
    The chordate phylum includes both invertebrates (without backbones) and vertebrates (with backbones).

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    Reading
    Chordates: The Voyage to Us Bones, Brawn, and Brains
    "Humanity is exalted, not because we are so far above every other living creature, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life." - E.O. Wilson, Biophilia

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