Da Observação à Ciência: vertebrados e invertebrados

Section role: supports the 'Da Observação à Ciência' section while the teacher connects students' prior groupings to scientific concepts like spine and skull. Slides: (1) Title — 'De Fora para Dentro: Como Agrupamos os Animais?'; (2) Recap of groups — photos of tuco-tuco, urso-polar, escorpião e lesma, connecting back to the habitat discussion in Section 2; (3) The internal skeleton — diagram of a simple human and animal spine highlighting vertebrae; (4) What is a skull? — visual explanation of the cranium and its role in protecting the brain; (5) Vertebrates in action — featuring the Muriqui-do-norte as an example of a mammal with a vertebral column; (6) Invertebrates without bones — featuring the beetle (besouro) and the slug (lesma) as examples; (7) Survival tools — how adaptive traits like the slug's body or the scorpion's stinger help them survive; (8) Closing slide — 'Se olhássemos por dentro, onde a borboleta e a coruja entrariam?' — hands control back to the teacher to set up the classification worksheet in Section 4.

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