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Manduca sexta: Caterpillar Dissection
The Carolina Sphinx Moth, Manduca sexta, spends its youth or larval phase as a Tobacco Hornworm. Students observe and dissect a Manduca sexta caterpillar to learn about the structure and function of an invertebrate nervous system.
Grade Level: 5-12
Lesson Length: 1 class period
Links:
The Manduca Project, University of Arizona www.manducaproject.com/
| Attachment | Size |
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| Teacher Guide | 85.85 KB |
| Student Guide | 54.87 KB |
| Key to Student Guide | 72.19 KB |
| Manduca Dissection Pictures | 111.3 KB |
| Manduca Neural Systems Puzzle | 132.41 KB |
| Manduca Life Cycle Picture | 148.31 KB |
| Documents in MS Word format | 385.75 KB |