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Use the search box to search for additional pictures or information for any particular animal.
Clicking on the search button will open a new window with search results. Search by animal name only (e.g., search for 'lion', but not 'carnivore'). Click on the 'photos' tab to view the thumbnail images, click on each to view larger image.
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Animal Classification
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Goal:
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To be able to understand the main terms and broad categories of animals.
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Grade Level:
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K-2
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Author:
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JungleWalk
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Pictures are one of the best ways to introduce animals to young children, especially at kindergarten through 2nd grade level. It is better to initially start off with pictures of common animals with very vivid expressions and funny and cute images. Each section below illustrates some simple animal classifications and is accompanied by a slide show. If you have a high-speed internet connection, you can also watch some of the accompanying video clips
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Jaguar
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Carnivores are animals that hunt and eat other animals for food. Carnivores have long sharp teeth for tearing and ripping flesh. Herbivores are animals that mostly eat plants and they have flat teeth to grind food. Show pictures of horse, deer ,etc. Being a carnivore or herbivore does not depend on size because big animals like elephants, antelopes, and rhinoceros (show pictures) can also eat plants and a small animal like a mouse can eat other small animals. Omnivores are animals that eats both plants and meat.
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Video:
• Raccoon - an omnivore
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Some animals live in water and some in land. Using the slide show below, show pictures of lion, zebra, tiger, etc. as examples of animals that live in land and pictures of duck, cranes, turtle, and mention that these are animals that live in water. Land Animals and Water Animals have specific physical features that help them survive on land or in water.
For example, fishes have streamlined bodies and fins that helps them swim in water and gills that help them breathe in water.
The slide show below illustrates different water and land animals.
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Dolphin
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Noctural or Night Animals
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Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are awake and active at night. They usually have sharp eyesight that works better in the dark to guide them during their night activity. Show pictures of owls, raccoons, etc. Below is a video of 3 barn owls. They live in tree holes and other dark areas.
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Video:
• Three barn owls
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Eagle Owl
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Cold Blooded vs Warm Blooded Animals
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Cobra
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Cold Blooded animals have body temperature that vary with the environment. When it is cold outside the body temperature decreases and when it is hot outside the temperature increases. Examples are fishes, amphibians like frogs, reptiles like crocodiles, alligators, etc.
Warm Blooded animals have body temperatures that are constant and do not vary with the environment. All Mammals like lions, tigers, elephants etc., are warm blooded.
The following slide show alternates between cold and warm blooded animals
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Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates
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Animals which have a backbone are called vertebrates, e.g., fishes, birds, mammals, etc. Animals which do not have a backbone are called invertebrates, e.g., jellyfish, ladybug, dragon fly, etc. See the following 2 videos, one of a jellyfish and the other of a crocodile to compare the bone structure of a invertebrate and a vertebrate - the flexible structure of the jellyfish vs the streamlined body of the crocodile.
The following slide show reveals a sequence of invertebrate pictures followed by vertebrate pictures.
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Video:
• Jellyfish video
• Crocodile Video
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Jellyfish
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