Lesson 8 Animals
Warm-up
Animals play a big role in our lives. Some animals Vocabulary
are kept as pets and other animals are wild animals. Look at the pictures. Fill in
the missing vowels.
Draw your favorite animal in the block below and
name it.
sh lt r
shelter
b ckb n
backbone
xyg n
oxygen
Learning Did you know?
Having pets, taking care of them and
Parts of an Animal loving them can reduce stress.
Just like humans, animals have different body
parts. They all have the same basic parts. Some
may differ. For example, elephants have a trunk, Application
goats have horns, etc.
• Look at the picture. Write
Let's look at the most common parts of an animal. the correct body part.
Eyes Tail
Nose Head
Mouth Ears
Body with Neck
covering
Legs Paws
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Learning
Think about it…
Do animals have certain
Basic Needs of Animals things they need to stay
alive? What are they?
In order to stay alive, any living thing needs certain
things to stay alive. A lack of these things can
cause death or influence the growth of an animal.
Water Food
Water is the most Food provides energy
important need for for an animal. There
living things. It helps are three types of animals:
with excretion, regulating body herbivores (plant eaters), carnivores
temperature and transporting food. (meat eaters), and omnivores (plant
and meat eaters).
Temperature
External temperature Oxygen
is important for Animals need oxygen.
animals because not Some use lungs to get
all of them can control their own oxygen from the air. Others
body temperature. They take on the get it from the water they live in.
temperature of the environment.
Shelter
Each animal needs a place to Critical Thinking
live. It provides shelter from
predators, mate for reproduction Are all animals the
and a place to keep their babies safe. Some same?
animals travel around and do not have one
place to stay.
Application
• Draw three basic needs of an animal.
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Application
• Complete the table by marking what type of animal it is
according to the food it eats.
Zebra Lion Human Cheetah Horse
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Learning
Classification of Animals
We can classify animals into two main groups: invertebrates
and vertebrates.
Invertebrates
They can be multicellular or Examples:
only one cell. Flatworm, insects.
Invertebrates have
no backbone.
Wide range of
habitats, from
They are small forests to deserts
and slow moving. and seabed mud.
Produce both They are very
eggs and sperm adaptable
for reproduction. and can live in
extreme places.
Application
• Think of an animal that you would find in your garden that is
an invertebrate. Describe this animal.
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Learning
Did you know?
Vertebrates have a
Vertebrates backbone.
Vertebrates use their muscles and
skeleton to move.
Sizes can vary from very big to very
small.
Can be divided into 5 groups: Fish,
Birds, Mammals, Amphibians,
Reptiles.
Vertebrates have a skeleton
Vertebrates have a backbone or
spinal cord.
Can be cold-blooded (cannot Hands on!
regulate own body temperature) or
warm-blooded (can regulate own You will need
body temperature). Blank paper, colored pencils
Instructions
Skeleton bones give the animals
1. Cut each paper into four cards.
their shape.
2. On each card, draw a picture of an
animal body part or basic needs
Application of an animal.
• Draw a circle around the 3. Throw all cards into a basket.
vertebrates and a square around
the invertebrates. 4. In your groups, take turns
choosing a card. Look at the
picture drawn on your card.
5. Each time you pick a card, you
need to act it out. The others need
to guess what you are acting out.
6. After guessing, discuss what the
body part is used for or why the
need is important for living.
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