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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Arthropods

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Arthropods might seem a little scary, but they are actually performing important roles in the environment. Arthropods are important to the ecosystem and to humans in...
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Handout
Other

Black Hills Institute: Arthropods

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief definition and description of arthropods and their physical characteristics.
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Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Arthropoda

For Students 9th - 10th
This general overview of the arthropod phylum, which includes insects and arachnids, looks at such topics as body symmetry, appendages, movement, respiratory and nervous systems, and reproduction.