1. Animal Classifications
Shannon Lamb
EDCI 270

2. Objectives
Given this PowerPoint, students will learn the different characteristics of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

3. Learners
This powerpoint can be used as an instructional method of teaching students of grades 1-3 or all levels of special education children.

4. Materials Class computers Presentation
A teaching aid if any extra help is required by any specific student

5. Motivation
Teacher aids will walk around or sit with students to keep track of how many questions in the presentation’s quiz at the end the children answer correctly on the first try. For every question answered correctly, they will receive 1 point of extra credit in class. Students will also be given a piece of candy after each correctly answered question.

6. Animals

7. Main Menu
Mammals
Birds
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians
Quiz Questions

8. Mammals

9. Mammal Characteristics
Mammals are warm blooded.
Mammals have either hair or fur.
Humans are mammals!

10. Mammal Reproduction
Mammals give birth to live offspring.

11. Mammal Reproduction Cont.
Mammals are “viviparous”.
This means they give birth to live offspring instead of eggs.
VS.

12. Practice Quiz Question: Mammals
Review Mammals

13. Which of these is true about mammals?
Mammals have fur.
Mammals lay eggs.
Humans are not Mammals.

14. Continue To Next Classification
CONGRATS!
All mammals have some sort of fur or hair that covers their body. For example, humans have hair and dogs have fur, so they are both classified as mammals!
Continue To Next Classification

15. Sorry, Try Again.
Back to Question

16. Birds

17. Characteristics of Birds
Birds are unique from all other animals because they have feathers!

18. Don’t Make this Mistake!
Yes, the majority of birds are able to fly, but there are non-birds that are still able to fly as well. For example, Bats are mammals that can fly!

19. So…
CLASSIFY BIRDS BY THEIR FEATHERS!

20. Bird Reproduction
Birds lay eggs when they give birth. These eggs sit for several days until they hatch into the live, baby birds!

21. Practice Quiz Question: Birds
Review Birds

22. What is the one unique trait that all birds have?
All birds can fly.
Birds give birth to live offspring.
All birds have feathers.

23. Continue to next Classification
CONGRATS!
Birds are unique from all other animals because they have feathers!
Continue to next Classification

24. Sorry, Try Again.
Back to Question

25. Fish

26. Characteristics of Fish
Fish are scaly, smooth skinned animals that can only live in water.

27. Fish Reproduction Fish can give birth to live offspring or lay eggs.
THIS IS BECAUSE…

28. DIVERSITY!
Fish are the most diverse type of animal. There are millions of species within the category of fish, and millions more that are still undiscovered!

29. So…
Fish can have all sorts of different features!

30. Practice Quiz Question: Fish
Review Fish

31. What type of offspring do fish produce?
Eggs that hatch into fish
Live offspring
Both eggs and live offspring

32. Continue to next Classification
CONGRATS!
Under the category of fish, there are so many different species that fish can give birth to live offspring or lay eggs because they all have different characteristics.
Continue to next Classification

33. Sorry, Try Again!
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35. Reptile Characteristics
Reptiles can have either 4 legs or no legs at all.

36. Reproduction
Reptiles lay all their eggs on land. This means they are considered “oviparous” animals, meaning animals that lay eggs, just like birds!

37. Characteristics
Reptiles are cold blooded, unlike mammals who are warm blooded and can live in any climate and maintain the same body temperature.

39. Practice Quiz Question: Reptiles
Review

40. True or False
Reptiles are warm blooded creatures who have either 4 or no legs!

41. Sorry, Try Again!

42. Continue to next Classification
CONGRATS!
Although reptiles do either have 4 or no legs at all, they are COLD BLOODED, not warm blooded!
Continue to next Classification

43. Amphibians

44. Characteristics
Amphibians are unique because they can breathe in both land and water.

45. This is because…
Amphibians have both air breathing lungs AND gills, or “lungs that use water to breath instead of air”.
Amphibians have both!

46. Amphibians vs. Reptiles
No teeth or nails.
Smooth, moist skin
Lay soft shelled eggs underwater.
Nails and teeth for defense.
Rough skin under scales
Produce hard shelled eggs on land

47. Similarity and Examples
Amphibians
Reptiles
Cold blooded
Frog, toad, newts, salamanders
Cold blooded
Snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles

48. Reproduction
Amphibians lay their eggs under water. When they hatch, the offspring will live underwater until they develop their lungs.

49. Practice Quiz Question: Amphibians
Review

50. Which one of the following is classified as an amphibian?
Snake
Frog
Lizard
Crocodile

51. Continue to next classification
CONGRATS!
Frogs are classified as amphibians because they lay their eggs in the water and when the eggs hatch, the offspring will start their life with gills underwater. As time progresses, the offspring will develop air breathing lungs and legs and venture onto land!
Continue to next classification

52. Sorry, Try again!

53. Review Video
Main Menu
Quiz

54. http://goanimate. com/videos/0FWmIdNzvhp8

55. What type of “animal” are humans classified as?
Amphibians
Mammals
Birds

56. CONGRATS!
Humans are mammals because they are warm blooded, give birth to live offspring, and humans have hair that covers the entire body!

57. Sorry, Try again!

58. What is the one unique feature that only birds have?
Gills
Wings
Feathers

59. CONGRATS!
Birds are the only type of animal that can have feathers!

60. Sorry, Try again!

61. Sorry, Try again!
Hint: Remember, bats are classified as mammals and they have wings!

62. How do fish reproduce? By laying eggs
By giving birth to live offspring
Both A and B are correct

63. CONGRATS!
Fish are so diverse and have the most variety in species and characteristics within one type of animal, so they can lay eggs OR give birth to live offspring, depending on the type of fish.

64. Sorry, Try again!

65. Which of these is FALSE about reptiles?
Reptiles are warm blooded.
Reptiles are cold blooded.
Reptiles lay their eggs on land.

66. CONGRATS!
Reptiles are cold blooded creatures who lay their eggs on land.

67. Sorry, Try again!

68. How are amphibians unique from all other animals?
Amphibians are cold blooded.
Amphibians have both gills and lungs.
Amphibians have scales.

69. CONGRATS!
Amphibians are the only animals that develop both gills for breathing underwater and lungs for breathing in air.

70. Sorry, Try again!

71. Retry Quiz
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