Analytic CodingEchinoderms: Seastar (Starfish)(Mind Map, Question and Expanded formats)

Analytic coding using conceptual vocabulary from the Basic Conceptual Systems based on the work of Anne Svendsen and Andreas Hansen, adapted by K. Morgan. © 2013.

4. Number of Parts

5. Color(s)

6. Shape(s)

10. Material

11. Surface Pattern

3. Is this …

Living

Non-Living

7. Size (compared to you)

13. Diet (Prey/Power)

12. Habitat (Place)

15. Protection (Change)

2. Group16. Movement/Power

17. Life Cycle (Change)

14. Predators (Place

in food chain)

9. Weight (compared

to you)

Warm BloodedCold Blooded

8. Temperature

1. What is it?

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4. What Number of Parts does this

have?

5. What Color(s) does this have?

6. What Shape(s) does it have?

2. What Group does it belong to?

16. How does it move?(Movement/Power)

3. Is this …

Living

Non-Living

Warm bloodedCold blooded

8. What Temperature does it have?

10. What Material is this composed of?

11. What Surface Pattern does it have?

7. What Size is it (compared to you)?

12. Where does it live? (Habitat/Place)

9. What Weight does it have? (compared to you)?

14. What Predators does it have? (Place in food chain)

13. What does it eat for energy? (Diet/Prey/Power)

17. What is its life cycle? (Change)

15. How does it protect itself? (Change)

1. What is this?

(Name)

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Group

Number of Parts

Color

Shape

Position

Place

Size (compared to)

Number

Surface Pattern

Direction

Function/Use

Substance (composition)

Substance (properties)

Gender

Value

Movement/Power

Diet/Power

Living/Non-Living

Time

Life Cycle/Change

Weight (compared to)

Temperature

Taste

Smell/Odor

Sound

Surface Property

Analytic Coding using words from the Basic Conceptual Systems

to describe and analyze items.

Seastar

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Behavior

Solitary/Herd

Movement

Sound

Nocturnal/Diurnal

Physical Characteristics

Color

Shape

Number of Parts

Size

Weight

Temperature

Substance

Surface Pattern

Surface Properties

Living / Non-Living

Change

Label

Name

Group

Habitat

Place

Change

Diet / Prey

Predators and Protection

Predators

Protection

Life Cycle

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Seastar

Name

Living/Non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power (prey)

Habitat (Place)

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Hermit crab

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Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Seastar Hermit crabName

Libing/Non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Material

Diet/Power

Habitat (Place)

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Living

Crustacean

Shell, body, 8 legs, 2 claws,

antennae, 2 eyes

Red/orange, white, black

Egg – Larva (plankton) – Megalopa –

Adult

Small in size compared to the seastar

Cold blooded

Light in weight compared to seastar

Walks slowly on legs

Male, female

Spotted/Dotted

Plants, plankton, worms, dead

animals

Ocean floor, tide pools, some on the

land

Living

Echinoderm

Central disc, 5 arms, tube feet, mouth

Orange, white

Egg - Larva- Adult

Large in size range compared to

hermit crab

Cold blooded

Heavy in weight compared to hermit

crab

Crawls slowly using tube feet

Male, female

Spotted/Dotted

Clams, oysters, sea snails, small

crabs

Ocean floor, tide pools

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Name

Living/non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power

Habitat (Place)

Hermit crabSeastar

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Seastar

Name

Living/Non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power (prey)

Habitat (Place)

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Hermit crab

© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

Living

Echinoderm

Central disc, 5 arms, tube feet, mouth

Orange, white

Egg - Larva- Adult

Large in size range compared to

jellyfish

Cold blooded

Heavy in weight compared to jellyfish

Crawls slowly using tube feet

Male, female

Spotted/Dotted

Clams, oysters, sea snails, small

crabs

Ocean floor

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Name

Living/non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power

Habitat (Place)

Seastar JellyfishLiving

Cnidaria

Hood/umbrella, tentacles, mouth

arms

Yellow, orange, white

Egg – Larva – Polyp – Adult

Small in size compared to a seastar

Cold blooded

Light in weight compared to a seastar

Swims

Male, female

Solid color

Plankton, crustaceans, fish eggs,

small fish

Ocean© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K.

Morgan.