In the mini-lesson, students explore the surprising variety of animals that look completely different between their juvenile and adult life stages. In the activity, Hungry Caterpillars, students examine how caterpillars grow and change throughout their lives and then use what they learn to create a card for someone special in their own life.
National Geographic Kids: Inverebrates
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone or bony skeleton.
They range in size from microscopic mites and almost invisible flies to giant squid with soccer-ball-size eyes.