What Are They?
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The Animals Around Us Series
What Are They?
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What Are They?
Table of Contents
Program Summary
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What's Included
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Student Objectives
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Pre-Test and Post-Test
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Introducing the Program
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Mammal Quiz Game
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Internet Links
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Observation: A Key Skill
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Follow-Up Discussions
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Description of Blackline Masters
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Answer Key
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Script of Recorded Narration
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What Are They?
Grades 2-5
Viewing Time: 10 Minutes with a three minute video quiz
that immediately follows the program.
The program portion of this unit opens by showing examples of the ways
in which mammals can differ from each other in terms of such things as
size, food and habitat preferences. It then goes on to define what mammals are in terms of the four major physical characteristics all mammals
share.
Throughout this ten-minute presentation different mammals are shown
and used to demonstrate the characteristics being discussed. The main
presentation is then followed by a mammal quiz-game that reinforces the
program's key teaching points and allows for an informal evaluation of
how well students mastered the concepts presented.
Intended for use with grades 2-5, this curriculum and standards-based
teaching unit introduces mammals to younger students. This program
focuses on the four key features shared by all mammals:
• they have backbones,
• they are warm blooded,
• they have body hair,
• and they feed their young milk.
Concept partitioned, this presentation can be either shown in its entirety
without stopping, or stopped and started to present the key concepts one
at a time.
Mammals are among the most important and widespread of all animal
groups. They are also the animals with which most students are most
familiar.
Taped in locations that range from Southeast Asia to the arctic, this program introduces students to many different kinds of mammals. A mammal quiz-game that emphasizes the program's key teaching points pres1
ents them in question form following the main presentation.
Mammals: What Are They? is a complete teaching unit. Designed
for maximum flexibility and the widest possible range of uses, it
contains:
1. A ten minute Program Presentation that can be shown either in
its entirety or as shorter "chapter" segments.
2. A Mammal Quiz-Game highlighting key curriculum points.
3. A packet of Blackline Masters includes guided activities, PreTests and Post-Tests and materials for creating a Personal
Mammal Discovery Journal. These activities are designed to
provide extended learning activities and to aid in student
assessment.
4. A collection of fully annotated Internet links.
5. This Teacher's Guide.
After viewing the program and participating in the various
suggested activities, students should be able to:
• Explain what mammals are in terms of their four most
important physical characteristics.
• Discuss some of the ways in which mammals differ
from each other.
• Compare and contrast warm and cold-blooded animals.
• Define a vertebrate and name the five main vertebrate
groups.
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This unit comes with both a written Pre-Test and a Post-Test. The
Pre-Test Blackline Master #1, can be used as an oral quiz or duplicated
and distributed so your students can provide written answers. Suggested
answers are provided in the answer key of this guide.
Blackline Master #2 Post-Test,can be used as a comparison to
the Pre-Test as a useful assessment of how well students have mastered
the presentation's key teaching points.
Even at a very early age children are familiar with at least some of the
worlds of many mammals. Many of the animals they know best, such as
dogs, cats, mice, cows, sheep, deer, squirrels, and woodchucks, are
mammals.
Mammals of all sorts also feature prominently in literature, art, and television programming that is directed at this age group. This familiarity
makes it very easy to introduce the material covered in this program.
One approach might be to begin by having your students help you make
a list of all the different mammals with which they are familiar. You can
then ask them to come up with the definition of a mammal by listing the
things that all these mammals have in common.
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This program is followed by a short Mammal Quiz-Game. Covering
all the main topics presented in the program, this mammal-game can
be used either as a tool to help students review the material just covered. It can also be used as a test to help assess the degree to which
they have mastered the material presented in the program.
The Internet is becoming an increasingly important teaching tool.
Blackline Master #3 Internet Links provides a rich and varied collection of Internet sites. These can be used in conjunction with the material covered in this unit as well as with other related subject areas.
These sites have been carefully checked and fully annotated. Each of
the sites listed was found to contain useful information. In addition,
nothing objectionable in terms of language or content was found in
any of them. We always recommend that you check all websites
prior to recommending them to your students.
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Observation is a key skill and a vital important learning tool. The
study of mammals or any other animals, provide an excellent opportunity to work with your students on their observational skills.
Several of the Blackline Masters provided as part of this unit are
aimed at helping students master the art of observing something and
then recording what they saw in a variety of ways.
Blackline Master #10, Mammal Footprint Guide provides students
with what they need to identify the footprints left by some of the most
common mammal groups.
"Mammals: What Are They?" can serve as a starting point for a
wide range of follow-up discussions. Topics such as how scientists
classify animals, the role of mammals as human food, and the unique
characteristics of mammals are just some of the possible topics.
You can also have your students search the Internet, periodicals, and
newspapers for stories involving mammals. Students can also be
encouraged to do research on how mammals have figured in the arts
such as painting, sculpture, literature, folk tales and drama.
All of these approaches can provide materiel for promoting serious
discussion of mammals and the many issues associated with them.
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This teaching unit is supplied with a number of Blackline Masters. A number of the Blackline Masters are intended to create a journal that documents each student’s exploration of mammals. The journals will become a
source of assessing each child’s understanding of the content covered in this
unit. You can reproduce the Blackline Masters and pass them out to your
students as you see fit. Answers, when appropriate, are provided in the
Answer Key section of this Guide.
We suggest that the teacher set expectations ahead of time for the student’s
while working on their mammal journals. For example: be neat, use your
best spelling, suggest that they look around the room for words they are not
sure of how to spell, use scientific terms and descriptive adjectives, be scientific in their observations, and concise when drawing conclusions. Ask
them to put forth their best efforts. Their journals can then be used as a
study guide and assessment tool.
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The following Blackline Masters are provided for you to reproduce and hand
out to your students:
Blackline Master #1, Pre-Test,covers basic core curriculum terms and
concepts that relate to mammals.
Blackline Master #2, Post-Test,provides comparison to pre-test results
and can be used for review or to document student progress.
Blackline Master #3, Internet Resources,a collection of teacher annotated Internet sources that supplement and enhance topics covered in this unit
of study. These resources could be used as a home link for families to investigate with their children.
Blackline Master #4, Games to Play With the Mammal Cards,a set of
suggested activities and directions to play with the mammal playing cards on
Blackline Master #4a, #4b, #4c, and #4d.
Blackline Master #5, Mammal Journal Cover.
Blackline Master #6 Descriptive Word List,this list is intended to
increase the student’s vocabulary which will provide them with descriptor words
that will enhance their abilities while creating their journals. These words could
be displayed in the class next to pictures of objects that reinforce their meaning. The class could make texture cards that the children could use as a reference for the definitions of these terms. For example, the card for "pointy" could
be a piece of styrofoam that has the end of toothpicks extending from it. Or,
the "coarse" card could have a piece of sandpaper attached; "greasy" could
have vaseline….
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Blackline Master #7, Mammal’s: What Are They?,is a good place
to begin your investigation into the exciting world of mammals.
Blackline Master #8a Interview and #8b Investigative
Reporting, provides the children with an opportunity to gather data and to
compare their findings.
Blackline Master #9, Field Observation Form,is a simple form students can use to record their observations. Working together, students can
compile information from their individual observations into a more complete
and detailed study.
Blackline Master #10, Mammal Footprint Guide,shows and gives
information about tracks made by members of some frequently encountered
mammal groups.
Blackline Master #11, Mammal Hunt,this activity encourages student’s to use their investigative skills and to explore a variety of resources.
Blackline Master #12, Creative Writing,can be used as a quick
20-30 minute creative writing exercise (or can be used as an extended
exercise that takes students through the writing process). Suggest that the
students use the descriptive word list for this exercise. This activity will help
assess student’s knowledge of animal characteristics.
Blackline Master #13, Mammal Storyboard,can be used as an
extension to the stories written on Blackline Master #12.
Blackline Master #14, Daily Mammal Journal Entry,allows students to keep a daily record of their thoughts, questions, and observations
while learning all about mammals.
Blackline Master #15, Mammal Guessing Game,can be duplicated
and used as an activity that reinforces the key vocabulary terms and concepts taught in this unit.
Blackline Master #16 Mammal Quiz-Game,students can fill in their
answers while viewing the game at the end of the program.
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Blackline Master #1, Pre-Test
1. milk
2. warm
3. hair
4. backbones
5. false
Blackline Master #2, Post-Test
1. mammary
2. warm
3. hair
4. backbones
5. false
Blackline Master #15, Mammal Quiz Game
1. hair/fur
2. warm-blooded
3. backbone
4. mammary glands or breasts
5. butterflies
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Hello, I'm Paul Fuqua, and I'm the one on the ground getting a massage
from Doc Tec, my young elephant friend. Elephants, the largest land animals living today are wonderful creatures, and I've come to the kingdom
of Thailand to learn more about them. Elephants are also mammals and
that's the animal group we'll explore today.
Mammals, be they our friends the elephants, this polar bear slowly plodding his way across the arctic, or mischievous little monkeys teasing this
good natured puppy are hugely interesting creatures. And one of the
things I find most interesting about mammals is how very different they
can be from each other.
Take size, for example. On the heavyweight side of things we have such
"big guy" mammals as these huge polar bears, these mighty buffalo and
our friends the elephants. They're all real bruisers. And at the other end
we have such lightweights as this little bunny, this hungry gray squirrel
and these tiny mice. But as different as the animals we've just seen are
from each other in size they all share one thing in common. They're all
mammals.
Another nifty thing about mammals is all the different ways in which they
like to live. Some mammals, for example, such as these wonderful work
horses, dogs, such as our little friend here, Scratching Sammy, these
perky little miniature mules the smallest in the world, and goats such as
this pesky little guy make themselves very much at home among us
humans.
On the other end, however, there are many mammals such as elk, tigers,
and pronghorns that much prefer life on the wild side.
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Mammals also differ from each other in where they like to spend their
time. Some mammals such as this pudgy little prairie dog on the prowl
spend their whole life’s close to the ground, while others like nothing better than to romp around in the trees. Still other mammals, such as this little sea otter, this gracefully spinning tropical manatee and these lazily
lolling sea lions definitely prefer life on the wet side.
Food is another area in which different mammals can have some very different tastes. For some a nice nibble of grass, or some other plant, is just
the thing. Other mammals, however, such as cheetahs, this sleek sea lion
on the go, or these polar bears, are serious meat-eaters. And then there
are still other mammals, such as these desert-living javalina or this busy little armadillo that will gladly dine on anything they can scratch up.
Well as we've seen today mammals are a very mixed group. And that
brings us to a very interesting question. Just what is it about such wildly different animals as this great elephant, this hungry manatee, or these fun-loving monkeys that lets us classify them all as mammals?
Well as it turns out the answer to this question has four parts. There are
four characteristics that all mammals share. And here's the first a backbone. All mammals have backbones. This one is part of a fox's skeleton.
Animals that have backbones are called "vertebrates." And that's because
the bones from which backbones are made are called "vertebrae."
Mammals are not, however, the only animal group with backbones not the
only vertebrates. Fish, frogs, and their relatives the reptiles, such as this
crocodile and birds also have backbones. They're also vertebrates.
Along with being vertebrates, along with having backbones, all the world's
many mammals are alike in another important way. They're all warmblooded. Warm-blooded animals use some of the energy they get from the
food they eat to keep their body at about the same temperature all the time.
We humans, for example, are mammals, and our body temperature stays
about the same, be we enjoying a summer day at the beach, or freezing in
a winter snowstorm. We and all other mammals keep such an even body
temperature because we are warm-blooded.
Well now we know that they are warm-blooded animals with backbones
let's see what else it takes to be a mammal. Here's a hint. And here's
another and another. As you've probably guessed by now we're talking
about hair. Hair or as we sometimes call it, fur is the third characteristic that
all mammals share in common.
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Some mammals such as this little sea otter bobbing around in the cold
waters of the North Pacific Ocean, or polar bears living in the frozen
arctic have very thick coats of hair. This, for example, is the skin from a
polar bear. Look at how thick the hair is on it. Polar bears and other
mammals that live where it's very cold, such as this little arctic fox need
such thick coats for protection against the weather.
Many other mammals, however, such as my friend here have much less
hair. That's because they live in hot climates and don't need thick fur
coats to protect them from the cold. But no matter what kind they are or
where they live all mammals have at least some hair on their bodies.
So far we've met lots of interesting animals and we've learned three of
the four things that makes them a mammal. Can you guess what the forth
is? Well, if you said "milk" you were right. All mammals feed their
babies milk.
This milk is produced in the mother's mammary glands or breasts. Milk is
a very nutritious food. And it provides just what baby mammals need to
get the right start in life. Milk and other milk products, such as cheese are
also important food for humans. And in many parts of the world people
raise cows and other mammals for the milk they produce.
Mammals, they're some of the most interesting of the many different animals with which we share the earth.
Mammals come in many different kinds and they live in all sorts of different places but as we've seen today all mammals are the same in four
important ways. They all share the same four characteristics.
All mammals are animals with backbones, that are warm blooded, have
hair on their bodies, and feed their babies milk from mammary glands.
These are the four things that make you and me and my young elephant
friend here and all other mammals.
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My Name ______________
Date __________________
Class_________________
What Are They?
Pre-Test
Directions: This test will help you find out how much you know about our friends, the mammals. Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with words from the list on
this page. Some words may be used more than once.
1. Mammals feed their babies _________ .
2. Mammals are __________ - blooded animals.
3. All mammals have at least some ________ .
4. Vertebrates are animals with __________ .
5. It is ______ that only mammals have backbones
true
milk
false
backbones
hair
cold
good
warm
ribs
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My Name ______________
Date __________________
Class _________________
What Are They?
Post-Test
Directions: This test will help you find out how much you remember about our friends, the
mammals. Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with words from the
list on this page. Some words may be used more than once.
1. Milk is produced in _________ glands.
2. Animals with backbones are called ____________ .
3. All mammals are the same in ________ important ways.
4. Mammals are __________ - blooded animals.
5. It is ______ that only mammals have backbones.
true
false
three
vertebrates
invertebrates
four
five
mammary
cold
warm
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My Name: ___________
Date: _______________
Class: _______________
What Are They?
Internet Links
Directions: Here are some websites that contain lots of
interesting information about mammals. Some of them
also provide pictures and contain links to other useful
sites.
http://thaifocus.com/elephant/
Elephant Nature Park: This site comes from Thailand. It
is full of information about elephants and efforts to help
them.
http://www.cincyzoo.org/
Cincinnati Zoo. Gallery of animal images. Endangered
species list with illustrations and descriptions. Links to
conservation sites.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephants
Nature: A limited, but useful site on African elephants
and the problems they face.
http://natzoo.si.edu
National Zoo in Washington D.C. This is a great site to
visit. It is full of useful information and loaded with pictures. Features several "live Cams."
http://www.nwf.org/
National Wildlife Federation. Rich with information.
Features several "Ranger Rick" activities for kids. A
strong voice for conservation and great site to visit.
http://www.msu.edu/user/nixonjos/armadillo/
Armadillo Online: Armadillos are great little critters. Run
by a scientist, this site is packed with information about
them. Lots of interesting pictures.
http://www.nature-net.com/bears
The Bear Den: Full of information about and pictures of
bears. A special section just for kids.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/buffalo/in
dex/html
American Buffalo-Spirit of a Nation: By the producers of
the popular Nature series on pbs. Lots of pictures and
information about the great American symbol.
http://www.janegoodall.org/
Jane Goodall Institute: This site is organized by the scientist and conservationist who pioneered the study of chimpanzees in the wild.
http://www.rlion.cistron.nl/Ikindex.htm
The Kingdom of Lions: A fine site dealing with lions.
Pictures, and information about lions in literature, dance,
mythology, and living in the wild.
http://www.lionresearch.org
Univ. of Minnesota, Lion Research Center: A well done
site on lions and their conservation. Nice sound bites of
lions.
http://www.savethemanatee.org/
Save The Manatee Club: Organized by a group working to save manatees this site is full of useful information
and pictures. A great place to learn more about manatees and their problems.
http://nmml.afsc.nooa.gov
National Marine Mammal Laboratory: This fine site is a
great place to find information and pictures of such
marine mammals as seals, sea lions, and sea otters.
http://www.5tigers.org/
Tiger Information Center: The "Kids" section is packed
full of useful information.
http://www.boomerwolf.com
The Boomer Wolf Web Site: A wonderful site. Lots of
facts about wolves and their relatives. Games and pictures, too.
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Games to Play Wi t h
The Mammal Fun Card s
B e f o re you begin...
o Duplicate the # of card game images needed for the activities you choose to play.
o Include the backside of the cards if you need the fun facts included in your activities.
*Note, for some of the games you will not want the backside included.
o Cut out on the perforated lines (laminate the cards before cutting, if you can).
o The directions for the games are written on this page. You can copy just that section
and include them with a set of cards in your learning center for your students to play
on their own.
Pick A Game To Play
o Matching Game You will need doubles of each image; you may include more than
one pair of any card. The more pairs you include the more challenging the game will
be (use the cards with out the fun facts on the backsides). This game re q u i res concentration and it is best played with 2-6 players. Shuffle the cards and place them in evenly spaced vertical and horizontal rows face down, close but not touching. Each player
(going clockwise) takes a turn flipping over two cards leaving them in their original
spot for all players to view. If the two images match that player picks up those two
c a rds and keeps them untill the game is over. If they do not match, turn them over and
it is the next player’s turn. The object is to remember where the mammals lie to find a
match for all of the mammal cards. The person with the most pairs, at the end, gets to
tell a mammal tale.
o S o r ting Activity This activity could be played alone, with a few other players, or with
the entire class. The number of players will determine the number of cards needed to
p l a y. If playing in a group, it is suggested that each player has at least 4 to 6 cards to
s t a r t, and enough cards left over for a pickup pile. Choose at least 4 categories for this
activity and make labels for them, i.e., mammals that live in the wild or domesticated
mammals, pre d a t o r / p re y, lives in the desert, forest, tropics... Distribute the cards evenly
among all of the players with some left over. The first player (going clockwise) picks a
c a rd from the pickup pile and adds a cards to one or as many of the various categories. If you don’t have a match, it is the next players turn. The object is to use up all
of your card s !
o Fun Fact Flash Card s Play in pairs or small groups using the cards with the picture s
and the fun facts. One person holds up the picture side of the card and the other players take turns sharing a "fun fact". Or, a fun fact could be read (do not show the pict u re) and the players then take turns guessing what the fun fact is describing. Please do
not limit yourselves to the "fun facts" on the cards, try to add some of your own.
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My M a m m a l J o u r n a l
By:
What Are They?
A Descriptive Word List
Draw a picture, write a brief description, or give an example of something that feels or looks
like what some of these descriptive word means to you.
bumpy
smooth
rough
choppy
crinkly
long
thin
soft
wiry
coarse
rounded
pointy
sharp
feathery
fluffy
silky
flat
furry
oily
dry
greasy
dirty
warm
cold
icy
slimy
slippery
curvy
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NAME ____________________
What Are They?
Creating a journal of your own will be fun! In your journal add pictures you collect from
magazines, the Internet, and with your camera. Add drawings, paintings, and sketches
that you have done on your own. Your journal is a place to document your questions,
observations, stories, and discoveries of mammals. Begin thinking about mammals and
document your thoughts below, use a variety of the techniques suggested above.
• What do you think are some characteristics of mammals?
• Where do you think mammals live?
• What do you think mammals eat?
• Draw pictures or find pictures of what you think makes a mammal
‘a mammal’ and include them on this page, add more pages as you
see necessary.
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I N T E R V I E W:
What is a mammal?
Begin your investigation by conducting an interview. It is exciting and interesting to learn from others.
Bring this page with you and ask as many people in your school, at home, and in your neighborhood
some of the questions listed below or questions of your own. Bring a pencil or a pen with you. You can
write their response or you can ask them to write it down for you.
1. Who do you know that is a mammal?
2. What are some characteristics of mammals?
3. What do mammals eat?
4. Where do mammals live?
5. How do mammals help you?
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
After conducting the interviews, compare answers and then examine pictures of mammals, list the class
discoveries of the things that are similar and different.
SIMILAR
DIFFERENT
As a class, discuss your discoveries and narrow your definition of: What makes a mammal ‘a mammal’?
List 4 similar characteristics:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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FIELD OBSERVATION
Directions: If you, or a friend have a pet at home that is a mammal, such as a cat, dog, rabbit, or if you
a tamed farm animal, or if you can visit a local petting zoo, you can use it to explore the four features
shared by every mammal.
Write or sketch your observations – (use the descriptive word list to help you define what you feel, see,
smell and hear). Your parents or another adult can help you.
1. Mammals are vertebrates. They have a backbone.
Feel your animal’s back. Can you feel a bone running the length of it? That’s its backbone. How does it
feel? Can you measure its length? Try drawing what you think it looks like after you have felt it from top to
bottom. What do you think the backbone is connected to?
My observations:
2. Mammals are warm blooded. Their bodies stay the same temperature.
Feel your animal’s body. Does it feel slightly warm? It will stay close to this temperature no matter how hot
or cold their environment. Experiment with your self (remember you are warm blooded too). Begin by taking your temperature in a warm environment, record it, now take your temperature in a cold environment,
record it. Below describe your experiment, remember to include all of the variables. What did you discover?
My observations:
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3. Mammals have hair on their bodies.
Feel your animal’s hair. Is it long or short? Does it have lots of hair or just a little? How else does
it feel? What does it look like and smell like? How does their hair protect or help them? Can you
draw what their hair looks like?
My observations:
4. Mother mammals feed their babies milk.
If your mammal has babies, observe how it feeds them. Look through magazines, books and animal shows to search in greater depth. Ask people around you what their mammal babies eat?
Keep a list of these foods and then make a list of the most common among all mammals.
My observations:
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MAMMAL HUNT
D i re c t i o n s : Mammals and things made from mammals are ever y w h e re around us. Wo o l
blankets and sweaters (sheep), leather belts and shoes (cattle), milk and cheese (cows),
pets (cats, dogs, and rabbits), are just some examples.
Look around your home, school, and stores, then list all the mammals and mammal
p roducts you can find.
OR
Look through magazines, newspapers and search the Internet to collect pictures of
mammals and mammal pro d u c t s .
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What Are They?
CREATIVE WRITING
Directions: Write a story using one of the suggested ideas listed on this page or create your own story
line. Your story could be a mystery, a comedy, a fantasy, science fiction or a biographical tale. Make
sure to include characteristics of mammals in your story and use as many descriptive words that you can
include in order to help the reader see what you are writing about.
• You are a bear lost in the woods in a snowstorm, you are hungry and tired what will you do to survive
until you are found?
• You are the parent of the lost bear, scared and searching for clues that will lead you to your lost baby
bear. What kind of clues will you look for to find your baby cub? How will you protect yourself from
danger and what are those dangers?
• You are a mammal that produces a very needed product for a family, who are you? Why are you so
important to this family and how do they care for you?
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MAMMAL STORYBOARD
Using the story you wrote, create a storyboard by sequencing the events from beginning to end. Break
the story into small chunks and illustrate the events using the squares below. In each square include a
sentence that sums up that main point. You may not need all of the squares and you may choose to add
more on another sheet of paper.
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DAILY MAMMAL JOURNAL ENTRY
Use this page to make daily entries that include your personal questions, frustrations, fun, experiments
and discoveries while learning all about mammals. You might choose to include what you have worked
on as a class or write about your own personal experiences. Remember, there are no right or wrong
answers when it comes to documenting your own thoughts!
DAY 1:
DAY 2:
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MAMMAL GUESSING GAME SHEET
Directions: Play the mammal guessing game with your family and friends. Write down your own clues
(three is a good start) for each idea that you have. The object is to give clues for something you are
thinking of and after each clue allow time for the "player" to try to guess what you are thinking of.
Keep adding clues until they have the correct answer. Try to include as many descriptive words, as well
as some of these key words in your clues.
hair/fur tail warm-blooded cold-blooded backbone skull
mammary glands vertebrates body temperature milk skeleton
habitat babies farm wild pet characteristics
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Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
QUIZ GAME
The Quiz Game is fun and it's a great way for you to show how much you know about our friends, the
mammals.
There are five questions. After you hear the clues choose a word from the list below and write in your
answer.
1. I'm thinking about something that:
- all mammals have,
- and that helps to keep them warm.
What am I thinking about?____________________________
2. This time I'm thinking about a term, a term that:
- describes a mammal's body temperature,
- and includes the word "warm" as part of it.
What term am I thinking about?_________________________
3. I'm thinking about something that:
- is part of a mammal's skeleton,
- and that all vertebrates have.
What part of a mammal's body am I thinking about?______________
4. This time I'm thinking about something that:
- all female mammals have,
- and that produce milk for their babies.
What am I thinking about?________________________
hair/fur
tail
warm-blooded
cold-blooded
backbone
skull
mammary glands
ears
butterflies
frogs
snails
breasts
5. This time I'm thinking of four different kinds of animals. They are:
- fish, butterflies, mammals, and birds.
Which one of these animals does not have a backbone?________________
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