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Animal
Body Coverings
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These
"bracelets" are from a Teacher's Helper magazine. The children twist
them to match the 2 animals with the name of the body covering (fur,
feathers, shell).
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We
made two turtles from playdough. We were experimenting to see how a
turtle's shell protects a turtle. This girl used her hand to smash
one of the turtles. She put a plastic cup over the other turtle. She
could not smash this turtle because the cup protected the turtle,
just as a real turtle's shell would.
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We brought animals for show and tell and sorted them by body
covering.
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Animal
Homes
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This is our Habitat Domino game from
Teacher's helper magazine. We played this by matching the animal to
its habitat on another domino.
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This is a habitat matching wheel, another activity from Teacher's
Helper magazine. She matched each animal to its home.
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The
students wear necklaces that have a picture of either an animal or
its home. They have to find their partner.
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Animal
Camouflage
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Prior
to the activity, we talk about and show photos of army
uniforms--green for blending in with the jungle and beige for the
sand. We discuss how animals often blend in with their surroundings
and the reasons for this. I give the children this background
for the animal camouflage activity and the animals to cut out. The
students try to find the best area to "hide" their animals. The
children bring in a stuffed animal from home the next day and try to
find an area of the classroom to camouflage their own animals.
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Camouflage was demonstrated by finding a
place to "hide" an Ellison cut polar bear.
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Other
Animal Activities
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During our rainforest unit we found out that a three-toed sloth will
only move 6 feet in one minute. We stood in a line, watched the
second hand on the clock and took baby steps to move as slowly as a
sloth.
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Rubber snakes were placed on this addition math mat to help solve a
problem. Any other water animal could have been used (frogs, ducks,
goldfish crackers, etc.) The addition mat could be changed for each
theme, such as a barnyard for farms or zoo cages for zoos.
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This snake was made in an AB pattern.
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