Corey M. Bailey

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What is a Mammal?

• Corey M. Bailey
• Lesson Prepared for 2nd Graders

References
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What is a Mammal?

• A mammal is a warm blooded animal with a
  backbone, and the young drink milk from their
  mother.
• Animals as common as your cat or dog, and as
  exotic as a giraffe are all mammals

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What Do Mammals Look Like?

• Mammals come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.
• Some mammals walk on two legs, some on four.
  Some are tiny and some are huge. Some mammals are
  scary some are funny. Mammals really are
  different from each other in lots of ways.
• In the next slides we will see all different
  types of mammals.

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These Are All Mammals!
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These Are All Mammals Too!
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So Many Different Mammals

• As you can see from all those pictures mammals
  really are all different.
• Even though some swim and some walk, some live in
  the jungle and some in your backyard, they all
  have the things that make them mammals in common.
  They all are warm blooded animals with back
  bones that when they where young drank milk from
  their mothers.

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Test Time!

• In the next slides you will see pictures of
  different animals. All you have to do is write
  down on a piece of scrap paper if you think the
  animals is a mammal or not. GOOD LUCK!

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Mammal or Not?
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Mammal or Not?
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Mammal or Not?
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Mammal or Not?
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Mammal or Not?
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Mammal or Not?
Be Careful this one is tricky!
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Lets See How Well You Know Your Mammals.

• The first slide was a horse. YES, it is a
  mammal.
• The second slide was a cat. YES, it too is a
  mammal.
• The third slide was a flamingo. NO, it isnt a
  mammal, it is a bird.
• The fourth slide was a snake. No, it is not a
  mammal, it is a reptile.

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Lets See How Well You Know Your Mammals (cont.)

• The fifth slide was a spider. No, it is not a
  mammal, it is an arachnid.
• The last slide was tricky it was a dolphin. Yes,
  it is a mammal. Although the dolphin lives in
  the ocean, it is warm blooded, has a backbone,
  drinks milk from its mother, and breathes air
  like you and me.

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Answers
Retake Test
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References

• Pictures taken from alltheweb.com
• McKay, George Mammals (Discovery Series).
  Barnes and Noble Books, August 2003.
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/