Dear Educator:
Included in this packet are various materials to use before and after your Chippewa Nature Center (CNC)
program. Some of these materials may not be appropriate for the grade level you teach, please use at your
discretion. These activities are designed to be fun and educational while supporting the material discussed
during the program. Below is a complete listing of the items included in this packet. We are looking forward
to meeting you and your students in the near future! Please feel free to contact me at
[email protected] or 989-631-0830 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rachel Larimore
Director of Education
Characteristics: A feature or quality that makes somebody or something recognizable.
Classification: The categorization of organisms into defined groups on the basis of identified
characteristics.
Ectothermic: A cold blooded animal.
Endothermic: A warm blooded animal.
Invertebrate: An animal lacking a backbone.
Organism: A single living plant, animal, virus, etc.
Vertebrate: An animal that has a backbone.
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Find the following hidden words:
amphibian
ectotherm
fur
mammal
skin
baby
eggs
gills
metamorphosis
beak
endotherm
hair
milk
bird
feathers
hollow
reptile
classification
fish
lungs
scales
Choose two groups of animals that we learned about on our field trip. Write in the similarities and
differences between two groups of animals.
Animal Group 1
Animal Group 2
Different
Different
Similar
Take a look through your closet and dresser drawers. How do you know where to find the clothes you want to wear
each day? Usually people organize their clothes with similar things sharing the same drawer or the same place in the
closet. We classify our clothing according to the things we use it for or the part of the body it covers (for example:
dress clothes vs. play clothes, or shirts vs. pants vs. socks).
Label the dresser drawers with the kinds of clothes you would put in each (What category of clothing?). Then, look at
the pictures of the clothing and write which drawer you would put them in (Which category does each item fit into?).
Drawer A: _____________________
Drawer B: _____________________
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Drawer C: _____________________
Drawer D: _____________________
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Birds
Vertebrate
Warm-blooded (endotherm)
Feathers
Lay eggs
Hollow bones (most)
Bills or beaks, no teeth
Wing
Amphibians
Vertebrate
Cold-blooded (ectotherm)
Moist skin
No claws
Lay eggs in moist environment
Go through metamorphosis
Mammals
Vertebrate
Warm-blooded (endotherm)
Vertebrate
Live birth
Provide milk to young
Provide longer parental care
Larger brains
Fish
Vertebrate
Cold-blooded (ectotherm)
Scales
Gills
Fins
Live in water
Reptiles
Vertebrate
Cold-blooded (ectotherm)
Scales
Claws
Lay eggs on land