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Grade 2

Lia Potts

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Curriculum Standards and Objectives

• Science > Curriculum Standards > 2-2.2 - Classify animals including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects) according to their physical characteristics. Grade(s) K-2

• Objective > Ss will classify groups of animals according to their physical characteristics.

Table of Contents

• Amphibians

• Birds

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Insects

• Video

Characteristics of Birds

• Fly

• Have wings, feathers, and hollow bones

• Warm-blooded

• Vertebrates (possess a backbone)




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Characteristics of Fish

• Vertebrates

• Live and breathe in water

• Most breathe through gills

• Have scales and fins






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Characteristics of Reptiles

• Cold-blooded

• Vertebrates

• Have scales

• Lay hard-shell eggs



Characteristics of Mammals

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Insects

• Have two pairs of wings

• Have three pairs of legs

• Have three main body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen

• Have an exoskeleton (a hard, shell-like covering on the outside of the body)

• Have antennae

A Quick Review

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Sources

• Review. 100% Educational Videos. (2000). Retrieved October 22, 2009, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

• (n.d.). Sheppard software's kid's corner: Animals. Retrieved from http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/classification/kc_classification_main.htm

• (2004, May 3). What is an insect?. Retrieved from http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/insect.html