Meet the Animals
Join the Kingwood Park High School (Texas) FFA students as they
explore different species and breeds of animals and what it takes to
raise them. Students will learn about the properties and characteristics
of animals, how animals change over time, and the basic needs of the
animals. Featured animals will be: cattle, lambs, pigs, chickens, turkeys,
goats and rabbits.
Your class will get an up-close look at several species of animals and
your students will get to see them, hear them, and ask questions.
Kingwood Park High School
4015 Woodland Hills Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339
http://www.humbleisd.net/kphs/ffa
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Six Degrees of the Sun Game
Directions:
Small groups: Print the pictures and cut them apart. The sun is the first card. Have students put the
rest of the cards in order of how they connect back to the sun.
Whole class: Print the pictures and cut them apart. Print enough copies so that there are cards for
every student. Make sure there is only one Sun card. Assign one student to become the sun and have
him/her stand in the middle of the room. Ask the remainder of the students to draw a card out of the
pile. The card will have a picture on it that links to another picture/word and will eventually come back
to the sun. Give the students ten minutes to find classmates so they can trace their energy back to the
sun. For instance, a student who has a card with a picture of a hamburger will find the student who has
a picture of a cow, who will find a student with a picture of grass. Together, they will line up in order
(i.e., grass, cow, and hamburger) next to the sun. Eventually, the class should form “rays” around the
sun in their lines.
Photo #1: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MzENrZaq67U/TBAvdCMyxUI/AAAAAAAAALA/SlhxdrVPIo/s1600/Sun_Sky2.195113946.jpg
Photo #2: Microsoft Office
Photo #3 iStock Photos
Photo #4: Microsoft Office
Photo #5: http://www.healthbanquet.com/images/cow-eating-grass.jpg
Photo #6: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N5GRDGZI10/T4pJpIVGz6I/AAAAAAAAAfE/GIoMwbPcKZA/s1600/baby-flash-games9.jpg
Meet the Animals Vocabulary
Cattle
Male: Bull
Female: Cow
Young: Calf
Birthing Process: Calving
Sheep
Male: Ram
Female: Ewe
Young: Lamb
Birthing Process: Lambing
Goats
Male: Buck
Female: Doe
Young: Kid
Birthing process: Kidding
Poultry
Male: Rooster
Female: Hen
Young: Chick
Birthing process: Hatching
Pigs
Male: Boar
Female: Sow
Young: Piglet
Birthing process: Farrowing
Rabbits
Male: Buck
Female: Doe
Young: Kit
Birthing process: Kindling
Chickens are
not capable of
sustained flight.
The egg shell
may have as
many as 17,000
tiny pores over
its surface.
The chicken was
one of the first
domestic animals,
appearing in
China around
1400 B.C.
Once chicks
hatch from an egg,
they are able to walk,
see and feed
themselves.
Storing eggs in their
cartons helps keep
them fresh.
A chicken
takes 21 days
to hatch from
an egg.
A hen can
live up to
20 years.
Chickens have
no teeth and
swallow their
food whole.
5
A hen can lay
about 250 eggs
per year.
Name_____________________________________
Is it a Mammal?
Name of
Animal
Does it have hair,
fur,or wool on its
body?
Is it
warmblooded?
Are babies
born live?
Pig
Lamb
Goat
Cow
Rabbit
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Does the
mother feed
its babies
milk?
Does it
breathe air
with
lungs?
Is it a
mammal?
Is it a Bird?
Name of
Animal
Is it covered
with feathers
Is it
warmblooded?
Are babies
hatched
from an egg?
Chicken
Turkey
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Does it
breathe
air with
lungs?
Does it
have a
backbone?
Is it a
bird?
1. Read the sentences below to find out what we mean by "carnivores",
"herbivores" and "omnivores".
2. Next, look at the animals in the table and see if you know which of
these they are. Put a tick under "carnivore", "herbivore" or
"omnivore".
3. Finally, now that you're sure what kind of food each animal eats,
have a guess at what they'd want for dinner!
CARNIVORE: A flesh eating animal is a carnivore.
HERBIVORE: An animal that only eats plant material is a herbivore.
OMNIVORE: An animal that eats both plants and other animals is an omnivore.
Animal
Pig
Goat
Lamb
Chicken
Turkey
Cow
Rabbit
Dog
Cat
Human
Put a check mark in ONE of these columns:
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
What could this animal
have for dinner?