Animal Unit – Vertebrate and Invertebrate Characteristics (and more!) 100+ pages

Animal Unit

This packet covers both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. There are worksheets, Montessori style sorting cards, and cut and paste activities.

Some of the topics covered and activities include:

Body Coverings

• Notebook page and sorting cards (feathers, fur, scales or skin) (and a tracing page for younger learners)

The 5 types of animals and their characteristics

• Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates notebook page

• Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates worksheet

• Hand-out with the basic animal characteristics for the fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammals

• A cut and paste activity (cut and paste the pictures of the fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammals onto a page.)

• Types of animals checklist worksheet activity

• What am I? worksheet (Description in words)

• What am I? (Identify the photo)

• Types of animals – exceptions (worksheet that discusses some of the exceptions… like mammals that lay eggs, etc.)

Invertebrates

• Insects vs. Spiders chart and list the invertebrates

• Insect or Spider? Cut and paste activity

• Invertebrate characteristics – tree chart (10 invertebrate groups)

• Invertebrate cut and paste activity

Animals Classification Activity & Worksheet

• in a separate pdf

• This is a classification activity based on vertebrates and invertebrates (not based on the classification system Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, etc.)

Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

• Notebook pages on each

• Interactive notebook piece provided

• Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores sorting cards and sorting mat

• Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores Matching Page (or write in the word)

Animals and Their Tracks (See the preview for examples)

• 20 animals and their tracks – Montessori Style Matching Cards (track, name, photo of the animal)

• Animal Track Matchup Pages (3)

• Animal Habitats – research pages for 12 animals (6 per page)

• Animal Food Chain/Food Web Page

Wild vs. Domesticated Animals (See the preview for examples)

• Montessori Style Sorting Cards

• Domesticated vs. Wild Animals – Handout/Teacher Info Page

• Domesticated vs. Wild Animals – Cut and paste activity

• Domesticated vs. Wild Animals -- Worksheet

Nocturnal/Diurnal Animals

• Sorting card activity and/or worksheet

Nocturnal Animal Quick Study - Activities to learn about raccoons, opossums, skunks, beavers (This is at the end of the file starting on page 122-135.)

Animal Tongues

• Whose tongue is this? identification page

• How do animals use their tongues? (choose either the notebook page, tracing page or fill in the blank page that is best for your learner/s)

There are well over 100 pages in this packet!