Animals

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Animals Their HabitatsTEKS (4.2-A, 4.2-C, E)
(4.8-B)

• By
• Claudia E. Pineda

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Contents

• Habitats
• Characteristics
• Adaptations
• Living Non-Living Elements that surround
  animals
• Roles of Living Non-Living Organisms
• Member Characteristics Offspring
• Inherited Learned Traits
• Activity

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Purpose and Use

• This presentation is designed to introduce animal
  habitats, characteristics, adaptations for
  survival, and the roles of living and non-living
  organisms in the environment to 4th graders.
• It also introduces member characteristics,
  offspring characteristics, and learned and
  inherited traits.

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Habitats
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Some live on leaves
Monarch Butterfly Beetle
Caterpillar
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Others on Webs
Spiders
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Some Live in Hives
Bees
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Others in Nests
Alligator
Black Bird
Owl
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Some Live in Streams
Tadpole
Turtle
Fish
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Others in Holes
Possum
Ant
Mouse
Beaver
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Some Live in Ponds
Frog
Minnow
Mosquito
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Others on Farms
Pig
Chickens/Chicks
Horse/Pony
Goose
Hog
Cow
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Some in the Sea
Crab Shark Squid
Sea Gull
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and Even in Homes
Puppy Turtle Gold
Fish Kitten
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Characteristics of Living Organisms

• All living organisms breathe, eat, sleep, and
  reproduce.
• Birds (Fowl) have feathers and most of them can
  fly (ostrich cannot fly).
• Reptiles have rough skin (alligators) that can
  sometimes be breathable (frogs). They also live
  near a body of water (lake, river, stream,
  ocean). Some reptiles are amphibians (live
  two-livesin water and on land---frogs).
• Mammals are warm blooded and have hair (dogs,
  cats, people). Some mammals live in water
  (Whales). They also breathe oxygen.

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More Characteristics of Living Organisms

• Microscopic Organisms (cannot be seen without a
  microscope) have one cell (animals and humans
  have many cells) and only perform certain
  functions (cells in animals and humans perform
  functions such as breathing, digesting,
  thinking, etc.)
• Plants breathe carbon dioxide and release oxygen
  they provide food and other uses such as
  remedies, or beautify our homes.
• Fish have scales, fins, gills, and they are cold
  blooded animals (obtain warmth from the sun
  because they cannot produce their own body heat).
  

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Adaptations for Survival

• Fins and scales on a fish, dolphins or sharks
• Flippers on turtles,
• Webbed feet on frogs and platapuses
• Hair on mammals
• Feathers on birds
• Water Proof Skin on humans, fish, and reptiles
• Breathable Skin on frogs

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Living Non-Living Elements Surrounding Organisms
Living Things
Non-Living Things
Flowers
Rocks
Trees
Water
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Roles of Living Organisms
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Roles of Non-Living Organisms
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Member Characteristics Offspring
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Inherited Traits

• Size and Shape (Tall, Short, Skinny, Fat)
• Hair Color/Fur Color
• Eye Color
• Skin Tone (Green, Gray, Tan, Yellow)
• Temperament (aggression or shyness)
• Genetic Defects (Sickle Cell Anemia, Dwarfism)

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Learned Traits

• Leadership
• Dependency
• Hunting
• Playing Sports
• Socializing
• Building
• Dancing

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Instructions

• You will be assigned to 4 different groups.
• Group Members will research 20 Facts about living
  organisms. You may use the internet, books,
  magazines, dictionaries, teacher, etc. to help
  you.
• Group members will then split the task of
  recording findings and observations on Record
  Sheet.
• At the end of the project, each member of the
  group will present their findings to the class.

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Group Numbers
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Group Members
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Credits

• Photography Unlimited by Henry Colls
  http//www.connect.net/twisted/FeaturedArtists.htm
  l
• Microsoft Photo Gallery
• NPA Personality Theory Based on Mendelian
  Genetics--http//www.homestead.com/abenis2000/
• Genetics Inherited Traits--http//www.marchofdim
  es.com/pnhec/4439_4135.asp