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Molluscs
Mollusc Videos
Animation
Behavior
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Lesson Plan
Phylum Mollusca: Macroevolution ModuleThrough a sequence of “explore-before-explain” laboratory investigations, coupled with segments from the Shape of Life videos, students study molluscs in the present and their long evolutionary history. The module includes those listed below, which can also stand alone.Full Lesson Plan
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Factsheet
Molluscs: Beauty and DiversityThe diversity of molluscs shows how a fleshy soft body plan can evolve into a variety of forms.Download Factsheet
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Reading
Molluscs: Armor and Speed, the Survival Game"As the tide rises, the closed molluscs opens a fraction to the ocean's food, bathed in its riches. Do not ask what force would do, or if force could. A knife is no use against a fortress."Download Reading
Features
Creature
Cone Snail and Medicines From the Sea
Scientific discovery: you never know where it will lead.
Over the years scientists have discovered many drugs by testing compounds from organisms on the land and in the sea.
Cone Snail and Medicines From the Sea
Scientific discovery: you never know where it will lead. Over the years scientists have discovered many drugs by testing compounds from organisms on the land and in the sea.
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Scientist
George Waldbusser Professor, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Working to measure and counterattack the impacts of ocean acidification on shellfish.
George Waldbusser Professor, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Working to measure and counterattack the impacts of ocean acidification on shellfish.
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Did You Know?
Help from Kelp!
Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide in the ocean where shellfish grow.
Help from Kelp!
Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide in the ocean where shellfish grow.
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Shape of Life Blog
Ocean Acidification: An Indigenous Perspective
Ocean Acidification and Shelled Animals: An Indigenous Perspective
“We are the ocean, and the ocean is us.”
Ocean Acidification: An Indigenous Perspective
Ocean Acidification and Shelled Animals: An Indigenous Perspective “We are the ocean, and the ocean is us.”
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