1. Analytic Coding Echinoderms: 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.

2. 16. Movement/Power 2. Group 4. Number of Parts 5. Color(s)
17. Life Cycle (Change)
3. Is this …
Living
Non-Living
14.
Predators (Place
in food chain) 1.
What is it? 6.
Shape(s)
15. Protection (Change) 8.
Temperature
12. Habitat
(Place)
10.
Material
7. Size
(compared to you)
Warm Blooded
Cold Blooded
13. Diet (Prey/Power)
11. Surface Pattern
9. Weight (compared
to you)
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

3. 17. What is its life cycle? (Change) 3. Is this … Living Non-Living
16. How does it move?
(Movement/Power)
2. What Group
does it belong to?
4. What Number
of Parts does this have?
5. What Color(s) does
this have?
17. What is its life cycle? (Change)
3. Is this …
Living
Non-Living
14. What Predators does it have? (Place in food chain)
6. What Shape(s) does it have? 1.
What is this? (Name)
15. How does it protect itself? (Change)
12. Where does it live? (Habitat/Place)
10. What Material is this composed of?
8. What Temperature
does it have?
7. What Size is it
(compared to you)?
Warm blooded
Cold blooded
9. What Weight does it have? (compared to you)?
13. What does it eat for energy? (Diet/Prey/Power)
11. What Surface Pattern does it have?
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

4. Seastar Analytic Coding using words from the Basic Conceptual Systems
to describe and analyze items.
Gender
Value
Movement/Power
Diet/Power
Living/Non-Living
Time
Life Cycle/Change
Weight (compared to)
Temperature
Taste
Smell/Odor
Sound
Surface Property
Group
Number of Parts
Color
Shape
Position
Place
Size (compared to)
Number
Surface Pattern
Direction
Function/Use
Substance (composition)
Substance (properties)
Seastar
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

5. Physical Characteristics Predators and Protection
Color
Shape
Number of Parts
Size
Weight
Temperature
Substance
Surface Pattern
Surface Properties
Living / Non-Living
Change
Behavior
Solitary/Herd
Movement
Sound
Nocturnal/Diurnal
Label
Name
Group
Diet / Prey
Habitat
Place
Change
Predators and Protection
Predators
Protection
Life Cycle
© 2013, K. Morgan.

6. Seastar Hermit crab Similarities & Differences Name Living/Non-Living
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 crab
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)
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

7. Seastar Hermit crab Similarities & Differences Name Libing/Non-Living
Circle the words in which the two items are similar.
Draw a line thru the words in which the two items are different. .
Name
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)
Seastar
Hermit crab
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

8. Hermit crab Seastar Similarities & Differences Living Echinoderm
Circle the words in which the two items are similar.
Draw a line thru the words in which the two items are different. .
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
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)
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
Seastar
Hermit crab
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

9. Seastar Hermit crab Similarities & Differences Name Living/Non-Living
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 crab
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)
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.

10. Seastar Jellyfish Similarities & Differences Living Echinoderm
Circle the words in which the two items are similar.
Draw a line thru the words in which the two items are different. .
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
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)
Living
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
Seastar
Jellyfish
© 2013 A. Hansen, A. Svendsen, K. Morgan.