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Animal Characteristics - A Science Lesson for Grades 3-5

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Do you want to teach your students about the amazing diversity of animals and their characteristics? Do you want to help them compare and contrast different animal groups, including humans, using interactive and creative activities? If so, this awesome science lesson is perfect for you!

This resource includes a detailed lesson plan, a captivating PowerPoint and a range of activity sheets to support your teaching. In this lesson, your students will:

★ Learn about the six main animal groups (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, fish, birds and insects) and give examples of each.

★ Sort animals into different groups based on their characteristics, such as skin, legs, wings, etc.

★ Explain how animals are similar and different from each other and from humans, and how these characteristics help them survive and adapt.

★ Create a mind map of their current knowledge of animals and their characteristics, using words and pictures.

★ Read some fascinating facts about animal characteristics and share them in the closing activity.

This resource is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards for grades 3-5, and to develop your students’ curiosity and fascination about the natural world. It is also suitable for cross-curricular connections with ELA, technology and social studies.

Tags: Grades 3-5, Science, Animal Characteristics, Animal Groups, Animal Classification, Animal Facts, Animal Similarities and Differences, Animal Adaptation, Animal Survival, Animal Features, Animal Behavior, Education.

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26 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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NGSS3-LS2-1
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
NGSS3-LS4-3
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Examples of evidence could include needs and characteristics of the organisms and habitats involved. The organisms and their habitat make up a system in which the parts depend on each other.
NGSS3-LS4-2
Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. Examples of cause and effect relationships could be plants that have larger thorns than other plants may be less likely to be eaten by predators; and, animals that have better camouflage coloration than other animals may be more likely to survive and therefore more likely to leave offspring.
NGSS3-LS3-1
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. Patterns are the similarities and differences in traits shared between offspring and their parents, or among siblings. Emphasis is on organisms other than humans. Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. Assessment is limited to non-human examples.
NGSS3-LS1-1
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Changes organisms go through during their life form a pattern. Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. Assessment does not include details of human reproduction.

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