Teaching overview
Learning points
- A single bryozoan colony can be made up of thousands of individual organisms.
- Bryozoa are filter feeders – they use their crown-like tentacles to push food particles towards their mouths.
- A single bryozoan organism is called a zooid.
Curriculum keywords
- Classification
- Animals
- Invertebrates
Read the story
Several strange, brain-like blobs have been found lurking in the waters of a lake in Vancouver – it turns out they’re actually animals.
Share with students
Spark a discussion
- How many bryozoan organisms are in a colony?
- How do bryozoa feed?
- What is a single bryozoan organism called?
Twig Science: A Complete Pre-K–8 Program for the NGSS
Immersive Investigations with High-Quality Multimedia
- Investigating, designing, building, and understanding phenomena
- Hands-on, digital, video, and print investigations
- Synchronous/asynchronous distance learning