Animals – Unit 1

Living Things Called Animals

Content Learning Goals

• Students will be able to explain why some living things are considered “animals” and how scientists tell them apart.

Living Thing

Plant Animal

Language Learning Goals

Be able to define:

• Classify

• Traits

• Scientific Name

Traits

• The certain way an animal looks or acts

Classify

• To put into groups based on traits

When is a living thing an animal?

When it has these traits:• It moves by itself• Eats food• Needs water and

oxygen

Scientific Name

• The name all scientists use to describe an animal

Examples:1. Canis familiaris2. Felis catus3. Equus caballus4. Homo sapien

Animals – Unit 2

A Look at the Animal Kingdom

Content Learning Goals

• Students will learn about phyla and classes of animals. They will be able to identify 7 animal phyla, 5 classes of vertebrates.

• Be able to recognize 50+ animals and which phyla or class they belong to

Language Learning Goals

Be able to define:

• Phylum or Phyla

• Class

• Memorize the names of 50+ organisms in the animal kingdom.

Phyla• Group of animals with some similar traits

(scientist’s category to classify animals)

• Now we’ll look at seven phyla. They go from very simple animals to those that are highly complex.

Animals

Porifera Coelentrate Worm Mollusk Arthropod Echinoderm Vertebrate

Porifera Phylum

• Have pores (holes)

• “Porifera” means “having holes”

• Sponges

• Very simple animals

• Bodies are empty sacks

• The inside of the body is called the body cavity

Sponge

Coelenterate Phylum

• Jellyfish, sea anemone and coral

• “stinging cell animals”

• Tentacles are like arms. They are used for stinging

Jellyfish

Sea Anemone

Coral

Worm Phylum

• Parasites – animals that live inside the bodies of other animals

• Segments – small sections

• Digestive System – mouth, intestines and anus

• Circulatory System – Heart and blood vessels that move blood through the body

Worm

Mollusk Phylum

• Means “soft body”

• Clams, octopus, squid, snails and slugs

Clam

Octopus

Snail

Slug

Arthropod Phylum

• Have Legs with joints

• Spider, bee, crayfish, ant, fly

• Hard outside covering – “exoskeleton”

• Bee Segments – Head, Thorax, Abdomen

Spider

Bee

Fly

Butterfly

Ant

Echinoderm Phylum

• Sea urchin, starfish, sand dollar

• Hard covering…echino means “spiny” and derm means “skin”, so echinoderms have spiny skin.

• Many have five-part body patterns

• Tube feet – like suction cups

Starfish

Sand dollar

Vertebrate (Sub) phylum

• Animals with backbones

• Dogs, birds, snakes and humans

• Skeleton inside the body (including a skull covering a brain)

• Subphylum of “Chordates” – (most chordates are vertebrates, so people usually just use the term “vertebrate”)

Class

• Group of animals in the same phyllum

• In vertebrates, this includes: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals

Chordates

Vertebrates

Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals

Phylum

Subphylum

Class

Fish

Three types:

• Fish with bony skeletons (trout)

• Fish with cartilage (sharks)

• Fish without jaws (lamprey)

• All have gills to breathe and fins to move in the water.

Fish

Shark

Lamprey or “Eel”

Amphibians

• They like water and have gills to breathe just like fish

• BUT unlike fish, they grow up and live on the land.

• They lay eggs in water that have no shells.

• They have skin that dries out so they stay in wet places, but not always in the water.

Frog

Salamander

Reptiles

• They don’t need water, but some like it

• They have waterproof skin and scales

• They lay eggs with leathery shells

Snake

Turtle

Crocodile

Lizard

Birds

• They have feathers, beaks, wings and scales on their feet

• Wings are for flying and sometimes for swimming. Some birds can’t fly

• They lay eggs with hard shells

Bird

Chicken or Rooster (Chick)

Turkey

Duck

Mammals

• They are covered in hair

• They nurse their young

• Most give birth instead of laying eggs

• Most live on land, but some are in the sea

Dog (Puppy)

Cat (Kitten)

Rabbit (Bunny)

Cow (Calf)

Pig

Horse (Foal)

Donkey

Sheep (Lamb)

Goat

Monkey

Mouse

Lion

Tiger

Cougar

Bear

Elephant

Giraffe

Deer

Elk

Moose

Dolphin

Whale

Review

• Activity