Body & Organ Systems for Secondary School - Reptile Encounters

BODY & ORGAN SYSTEMS FOR Secondary School

How does a snake’s digestive system work? How does this differ from mammals? Get up close with a wide variety of Australian animals as we discuss their inner workings. Students will be able to compare digestive, cardiovascular, nervous, reproductive and respiratory systems between different species and form an understanding of how these animals function physiologically.

OUR ANIMALS

Here are a few of the animals you may meet in this incursion…

Prickles - Spiny-leaf Stick Insect

Insects don’t have a brain like we do, but they do have clumps of nerves called ganglia in each body segment that are connected by a nerve cord.

Kermit - Green Tree Frog

Amphibians have a 3-chambered heart consisting of 2 atria and 1 ventricle, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mixing is minimised by spongy walls of the heart.

Sabrina - Brush-tail Bettong

Bettongs are foregut fermenters and have a long & large digestive tract to enable them to break down and absorb the nutrients of the plants they eat.

Sammi - Red-tail Black Cockatoo

In order to sustain flight, birds have highly efficient respiratory systems with air sacs that permit a unidirectional flow of air through the lungs.

Rex - Broad-shell Turtle

Breathing with a shell fused to your ribs may sound difficult, but turtle relax and contract the muscles around their lungs to force air in and out.

Tiny - Olive Python

Snakes are infrequent eaters, and can quickly increase the size of their digestive system when food is available, and reduce it in size when fasting.

Sabrina - Brush-tail Bettong

Bettongs are foregut fermenters and have a long & large digestive tract to enable them to break down and absorb the nutrients of the plants they eat.

Crunchie - Saltwater Crocodile

Most reptiles have 3-chambered hearts, but the crocodile has 4 heart chambers, 2 atria and 2 ventricles, like the hearts of birds and mammals.

Wildlife

Curriculum Focus

Understand overall function of an organ system 

Comparing systems in different organisms 

Understanding how organ systems support life processes

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