Let’s Learn About Animals.

We have been studying a few different things about animals.

      We learned about the basic needs of animals – shelter, food, water and air. What are some different animal shelters: a bird lives in a nest, a bear lives in a cave.  We have learned about the groups or classifications of animals, including mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. We have also learned to classify animals by what they eat: meat eaters (carnivores), plant eaters (herbivores) and animals that eat meat and plants (omnivores). We have discussed the different characteristics of the different animal groups (eg. Mammals have fur, birds have feathers. Carnivores have sharp teeth to rip and tear meat, herbivores have flat teeth for grinding plants) Check out these different resources for more information and fun activities about animals. 

Animals – Groups/Classification

• San Diego Zoo - click on each animal type to read a few details and see picturess of animals from that group
• Kids Corner Animal Classification – Gives characteristics of the different animal groups. You can get more details if you click on the link on the right under “Read more about”. There is also an animal classification game that requires you to sort the different characteristics of each animal group.
• Brainpop video about classifying animals - This has a lot more detail than what we discussed in class but it is a great extension!
• Kids National Geographic Creature Feature – this website has different animals in each group. Click on the name of the animal group on the left to see different animals in that group.

 

Animals – Needs

• Macmillan Mcgraw Hill Animal Needs Slideshow – a slideshow about what animals need.

Carnivores and Herbivores

• Switch Zoo Animal Sorting Game – practice sorting animals into groups: carnivore, herbivore and omnivore.
• Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores video – a short video telling about the characteristics of each type of animal.
• Animal Diet Game - A simple game that requires students to determine what group each animal belongs to.  
• Your Dictionary List of Omnivores - A list of animals that are omnivores