By: Ms. Marks

Categories of Animals

Take out a blank piece of paper

Write down as many categories of animals you can think of ( you have 1 ½ minutes).

Number paper 1-4

1. Vertebrae 2. Invertebrate 3. Cold-blooded 4. Warm-blooded

Give the definition of each to the best of your knowledge.

Getting Started

Lead double lives (water and land)

They are vertebrae animals (backbones)

Cold-blooded (use environment to regulate temperature).

Amphibians

Frogs

Toads

Salamanders

Newts

Caecilians

Amphibians

Water-dwelling creature

World’s oldest vertebrates ( first fish appeared some 500 million years ago).

Nearly all reproduce by laying eggs

Fish

Sharks

Manta Ray

Parrot Fish

Seahorse

Fish

The only animals that grow hair!

Nearly all mammals give birth

Vertebrates

Warm-blooded (maintain a constant body temperature).

Mammals

Humans

Lions

Dolphins

Elephants

Great Apes

Mammals

All have feathers- a trait no other animals can claim

All birds lay eggs to incubate their young

Loved for their musical songs

Birds

Parrots

Humming Birds

Penguins

Birds

Invertebrates

Have an exoskeleton (shell-like covering on outside of body).

Pair of antennae on their heads

Three pairs of legs!

Two pairs of wings

Insects

Bees

Spiders

Ants

Cockroach

Insects

Around during the age of dinosaurs

Most live on land and lay eggs

Unlike other animals, they are covered in scales

Reptiles

Crocodiles

Snakes

Lizards

Turtles

Reptiles

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org

Works Cited

Groups of four

Creating a PowerPoint

Following criteria

Group Projects!

L.EV.05.11: Explain how behavioral characteristics (adaption, instinct, learning, and habitat) of animals help them survive in their environment.

Each group will be assigned one animal

10 slides using 6*6 rule

Must have at least 2 sources

Works cited page included

Criteria

Are There Any

Questions?