Mammals Lesson
Vocabulary: vertebrate, mammary glands, adapted, habitats, balance, primitive, primates, ungulates, regurgitate, rodents, offspring, carnivores, Insectivores, nocturnal, paralyzes, blubber, echolocation, herbivore, omnivore
Use this graphic organizer for your vocabulary words
Lesson:
Read these websites and then try to answer the following questions.
Questions
- What are the characteristics that are required to be part of the mammal group?
- Name an exception to the rule and why it is still considered a mammal.
- Name a difference between warm blooded and cold blooded animals.
- What are the uses of a tail?
- How many kinds of mammals are there?
- What are the 3 types (subclasses) of mammals?
- Give a brief description and example of each. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/Groups.shtml
- Name 2 orders under each subclass and give an example
- What are the types of mammal diets?
- Explain each and give an example of a mammal that has that diet. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/resources/PDF/GOOD_TV_3_6_pdf_s/62177_InRCd_78.pdf
11. How have different mammals adapted to their environment? Pick 4 as an example and explain. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/cluster.pdf
- In your reading you came across some fascinating facts about mammals now list some that you found fascinating. You could use these to record your fascinating facts on. http://www.abcteach.com/dykcards/mammal.htm
Activities:
- Play some online mammal games http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/
- A mammal word search http://www.apples4theteacher.com/mammalws.html
- Mammal clip art http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/animals/clip_mam.html
- Common Mammals crossword puzzle http://www.kentuckycrosswords.com/Kids/CommonMammals.html
- Try this mammal quiz http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/bookworm/mammal.html
- Here are several different mammal crafts you could try http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/mammals/
- You could try to make one of these fun animal cakes. http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/specialfeature/0104_hotr_sf/
- Make a mammals memory game to print and play http://www.dltk-cards.com/memory/index.htm
JoAnn
February 1st, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Thanks for sharing!!