The Shape of Life Activity Guide features explorations, activities and lessons to accompany the series for informal science educators, teachers, students and families.
The Activity Guide is in Adobe Acrobat's .pdf format. (Get the free Acrobat reader.) You can download the Guide in single chapters or complete in one file. Please note that the order of the The Shape of Life episodes in the Activity Guide is different from the order the shows air on PBS.
For more excellent science-related educational activities, please visit PBS TeacherSource.
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Activity Guide Cover
Cover and sponsors. (97 kb)
Activities At-a-Glance
Introduction, table of contents and activity overview. (113 kb)
Series Introduction
Synopses of series episodes. (36 kb)
Introduction to Body Plans
Overview of the eight animal body plans covered by the series. (182 kb)
Questions to Explore
Questions to discuss before and after viewing the series. For grades K-12. (97 kb)
Fun for Young Children
Activities for K-2 students for all body plans except flatworms (100 kb)
Wall Displays
Ideas and images for series related wall displays. For grades 3-12. (121 kb) |
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Critter Cards
Activities to teach classification of cnidarians, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and annelids. For grades 3-12. (193 kb)
Body Plan Comparison Challenge
Activities focusing on distinguishing features of animal body plans. For grades 6-12. (98 kb)
Animal Investigations
Projects student can do with live arthropods and molluscs. For grades 3-12. (164 kb)
Be a Scientist
Introduction to what scientists do and how they do it. For grades 6-12. (94 kb)
Video Time Code Index
Guide to topics and scientist in the series. (138 kb)
Bibliography & Suggested Reading
Guide to relevant books and articles (62 kb)
Complete Activity Guide
The entire guide in one file. (967 kb)
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