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Animals Come in Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors


Core Learning Experience + Supplies and Equipment

  • ​Place some photos of animals around the room in easy to find places, and have the children look for them, find them, and then gather together as a group.  Find the biggest, smallest, tallest, shortest, longest animal.  Which do think would be the heaviest?  Lightest?  Find an animal baby.  Compare and discuss the photos.
  • Find all the animals that are grey.  Find all the animals that have stripes.  Find an animal that does not have stripes etc.
  • Insects are animals.  Let’s find all the insects.  Are most insects bigger or smaller than a cat?  Bigger or smaller than a mouse?
  • Birds are animals.  Let’s find all the birds.  Can you think of a bird that does not have feathers?

Possible/Expected Discoveries

  • ​Diversity.  Animals in our world come in all shapes, sizes and colors.  There are between 9 and 10 million animal species living on earth, including mammals, insects, amphibians, birds, fish and reptiles.  Choose a photo to represent each group.
  • Some animals are very small, even smaller than a flea, and some are very big, such as the blue whale, which is the biggest animal.     
  • There are more insects than any other kind of animal.   If there are more insects than people, why don’t we see them everywhere we go?  Why aren’t they shopping at the supermarket and going to insect schools?  Or are they?
  • Compare a lion and a pet cat.  Do they look the same?  Similarities and differences.
  • Many snakes have similar colors to the earth they slither on.  I wonder why?
  • Compare the shape of a goldfish with the shape of dog. (or other)

Extended Learning and Other Curriculum Areas

  • Let’s make up a story about a mosquito sitting on an elephant’s ear.  I’ll write it down, and we can read it.
  • Make a list of every animal the children have ever seen in real life (not on TV).  Which one impressed you the most, and why?  Make a picture of it, and teacher write the dictated words.
  • Animal cracker game: Child picks out an animal from a box of crackers and becomes that animal.  Other children guess.
  • Musical animals: movement to Rodeo (Copeland); Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saens); Baby Beluga;
  • Create a group mural of a bio-diverse environment, for example a beach; rainforest; swamp; a back yard; mountain forest; field at a farm
Animal diversity - Teach Preschool Science
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Activity Packs and Printables

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28 bird theme large flashcards
28 bird theme large flashcards $2.50
Animal go-togethers - match animal to its body part.
Animal go-togethers - match animal to its body part.
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Websites

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
http://animalexploration.tripod.com/animalexploration.htm
Animal diversity theme page at KidSparkz.com

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  • Home
  • Lesson Plans Index
    • Life Science Plants and Animals >
      • Comparing Leaves
      • Exploring Pumpkins
      • Shucking Corn
      • Earthworm Observation
      • Parent and Baby Animals
      • Collecting Ants
      • Spider Season
      • Visit to a Pet Store
      • Living and Non Living Things
      • Animals Come in Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors
      • Ways Animals Move
      • Animals Need to Eat
      • Difference Between Wild and Tame Animals
      • People Can Use Products Provided by Animals and Plants
      • Animal Coverings - Hair, Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin
      • Animals Live in Different Places
      • Metamorphosis and Change in Biology
      • Nocturnal Animals
      • Egg Science
      • Exploring Fish
      • Tree Skin Bark
      • Roots Growing Potatoes in Water
      • Stems - Making Daisy and Clover Chains
      • Flowers
      • Digging in the Dirt
    • Life Science People Index >
      • Parts of Our Body and How We Use Them
      • Our Heart
      • Our Hands
      • Our Feet
      • Fun With Balance
      • Sound Search
      • Sense of Touch
      • Exploring the Sense of Sight
      • Follow That Scent
      • Stop That Germ!
      • Interesting Tools That Doctors Use
      • We Need Healthy Teeth
      • Keep Those Muscles Moving!
    • Physical Science Index >
      • Blowing Bubbles
      • Magnify!
      • Ways to Measure Time
      • Magnetic Attraction
      • Ramps in Motion
      • Ice Melting
      • Sink or Float a Boat
      • Sponges and water
      • Dropping Things Through the Air
      • Static Electricity
      • Battery Electricity
      • Properties of Soap and Water
      • Weights and Balances
      • How Can Heat Change Things?
      • Tools Can Help Us Do Things
      • Lifting with Levers
      • Earth and Sky Science Index >
        • Shadow Chasing
        • Sun Effects
        • The Night Sky
        • Kinds of Clouds
        • Dressing for the Season
        • Classifying Rocks
        • Colors of the Rainbow
        • Who Has Seen the Wind?
        • Rain
        • Snow
        • Litter Hunt
        • We Can Take Care of the Earth
      • Wheels
      • Predicting How Simple Machines Will Work
      • Computers and Other Devices
      • Discoveries With Straws
      • Different Ways of Making Light
  • Teaching Notes
  • Links
  • Contact