1. Animals

2. Table of Contents Georgia Performance Standards
Identify the needs of animals
-Air
-Water
-Food
-Shelter
Identify the types of animals and their characteristics
The Lifecycle of an Animal
Pie Chart and Column Chart
Cool Animal Books
Resources
Click on the monkeys to hear how they sound!!!!!!!!!

3. S1L1. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals.
b. Identify the basic needs of an animal.
• Air
• Water
• Food
• Shelter
d. Compare and describe various animals-appearance, motion, growth, basic needs

4. The Basic Needs of Animals
Air
Food
Water
Shelter

5. ANIMALS NEED AIR
Animals need to spend sometime outdoors. They need the fresh air just like we need fresh air.
Spend time exercising your animal. This will make them healthy!
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6. Animals Need Water Click on the cat to learn more about
Just like we need water to survive, animals need water too. If animals do not get enough clean water, they will get sick quickly and die. Also make sure that the container that the water is in is clean. Clean, cool water is particularly important for all animals, and especially:
when the weather is hot
for animals that spend a lot of time out in the sun
for animals that have been working or exercising
for animals that eat mainly dried food like cat or dog biscuits or mouse or guinea pig pellets
for mothers that are nursing young animals
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learn more about
water for animals.

7. Animals Need Food!!
Animals need the right kind of food to survive. Just like we need food for energy, so do animals. Make sure you feed them the right kind of food.
Click on the website below to learn more about the right kind of food to give your animal.
Click here to see a small video on “what animals eat.” Click on View then Test Drive to see video.

8. Animals Need Shelter
Animals need a shelter. This shelter or home needs to protect them from the hot, cold, and from danger.
Also the place in which the animal lives has to have all the necessities they need in order to survive.

9. The Types of Animals Mammals Reptiles Birds Fish Insects Amphibians
warm-blooded
backbone
fur or hair
well-developed brain
Babies are fed with milk from the mother’s body.
Reptiles
dry, rough, scaly skin
cold-blooded
lungs for breathing
most hatch from eggs
Birds
have feathers
hatch from eggs
backbones
beak
two wings
two legs
Fish
lives in water
breaths through gills
most have fins
most are covered with scales
Insects
six legs
three main body parts
(head, thorax, and abdomen)
hard outer covering
(exoskeleton)
most have wings
most have a pair of antennae
Amphibians
usually lives part of its life in water and part of its life on land
most have smooth, moist skin
no scales

10. The Lifecycle of an Animal
fast. This is an example of the life cycle of chicken. You can see if starts off as an egg and then grows into an adult. Once it is an adult, the chicken will lay an egg and the cycle will start all over again.
This is an example of a lifecycle of an animal. Most animals start out as an egg. After the baby hatches or is born live (mammals), then the baby quickly grows. Some babies take a long time to become an adult while others grow up
Just born
Egg
Adult
Baby
Click here to learn about more lifecycle of animals.

11. The Animals We Have at Home
While in class, the students graphed the pets they had at home. This is an example of how to incorporate math with our learning of animals.
This chart is an example of a graph that the teacher can do in the classroom.

12. *As you can see, there are more Insects than any other species of animals.

13. Great Animal Books If You Give a Pig a Party By Laura Numeroff
Dog Breath
By Dan Pilkey
Tops and Bottoms
By Janet Stevens
Great Animal Books
Fantastic Mr. Fox
By Roald Dahl
Cricket in Time Square
By George Selden
Charlotte’s Web
By E.B. White

14. Resources http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/animalwelfare/11594.html
Great source for information on animals and
their need
Great source on animals classification
Great source on books and literature
Great source on lifecycles