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
KWL Chart Name: Date: What We Know What We Want To Find Out What We Learned 2000 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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/-n5grdgzi1-0/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
The egg shell may have as many as 17,000 tiny pores over its surface. Chickens are not capable of sustained flight. Once chicks hatch from an egg, they are able to walk, see and feed themselves. The chicken was one of the first domestic animals, appearing in China around 1400 B.C. A hen can lay about 250 eggs per year. 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
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? Does the mother feed its babies milk? Does it breathe air with lungs? Is it a mammal? Pig Lamb Goat Cow Rabbit copyright 1998, 1998. everythingesl.net, Judie Haynes. All Rights Reserved
Is it a Bird? Name of Animal Is it covered with feathers Is it warmblooded? Are babies hatched from an egg? Does it breathe air with lungs? Does it have a backbone? Is it a bird? Chicken Turkey copyright 1998, 1999 everythingesl.net Judie Haynes. All Rights Reserved.
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 Put a check mark in ONE of these columns: Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore What could this animal have for dinner? Goat Lamb Chicken Turkey Cow Rabbit Dog Cat Human