Learning Path
Animals Learning Path
By Dawn Butler
Research your favourite animals
12 resources in this Learning Path
1
Dublin Zoo - Activity Workbooks
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/news/dubli...kOkp9gCe2J5Vwn29KaxkYWSZ3r-0-vazKm4 Added: 24 Mar 2020 Contributor: Aoife McDonnell Resource type: WorksheetDublin Zoo Fun series provides children with a daily activity booklet to work on each weekday. You can download the booklets for free. All the answers to the activity booklet exercises can be found on the Dublin Zoo website.
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Natural Habitats - Live Webcams
https://explore.org/livecams Added: 28 May 2019 Contributor: Aoife McDonnell Resource type:EXPLORE.org is the largest live nature cam network on the planet. From the comfort of your classroom, you can bring your class on a habitat study to observe the natural world and wildlife of our planet up close.
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Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe, identify and investigate the animals and plants that live in local environments
Suggestions for use: Observe, identify and investigate the animals and plants that live in certain environments.
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with the characteristics of some major groups of living things
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- group and compare living things into sets according to their similarities and differences
- observe, identify and examine the animals and plants that live in local habitats and environments
Suggestions for use: Develop an increasing awareness of animals from wider environments.
Observe, identify and examine the animals and plants that live in local habitats and environments.
Group and compare living things into sets according to their similarities and differences.
- JC
- Science
Strand: 5. Biological Science
Strand unit: 5. Habitats/Adaptation/Competition
3
Animals Interactive Quiz
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/24530/24253.htm Added: 06 Sep 2017 Contributor: Declan Donnelly Resource type:A multiple choice, interactive quiz testing general knowledge of animals. Click on the question to access a direct link to the associated article in World Book Online for further information.
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Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- sort and group living things into sets according to observable features
- use simple keys to identify common species of plants and animals
Suggestions for use: This interactive, multiple choice quiz may be used to assess knowledge, revise a topic or as a means of teaching facts about the animal world. Each question is a link to World Book Online at Scoilnet.ie where further research may be done on the topic. Note that the links will work only if World Book Online is already opened in a tab.
This exercise may also be downloaded and used in a virtual learning environment such as Moodle, where each participant's score will be recorded.
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with the characteristics of some major groups of living things
- group and compare living things into sets according to their similarities and differences
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Classify the following animals
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/24162/23885.docx Added: 16 Aug 2017 Contributor: Sinead Byrne Resource type: Assessment / Worksheet / ActivityA worksheet for students to complete having studied animal classification. Children classify the animals into the correct group on the template
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- 5-6
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of some of the basic life processes in animals and plants
- become familiar with the characteristics of some major groups of living things
- construct and use simple keys to identify locally occurring species of plants and animals
- group and compare living things into sets according to their similarities and differences
Suggestions for use: An activity for children to complete individually or in pairs to assess their knowledge of animals and criteria for each classification group.
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Dublin Zoo Cameras
http://www.dublinzoo.ie/17/Webcams.aspx Added: 12 Aug 2017 Contributor: maria fahy Resource type: Other / Primary SourceA look into the world of some of the animals you can find at Dublin zoo. Observe the penguins, wolves, giraffes and elephants.
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Animals Project
http://www.interestinganimalsforkids.com/ Added: 15 Nov 2016 Contributor: Conor Caulfield Resource type: ProjectResources for looking at the life and different aspects of an animals life. Animals to choose from include amphibians, birds, cetaceans, fish, invertebrates, mammals, marsupials, primates, reptiles and rodents.
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- 5-6
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of some of the basic life processes in animals and plants
- become familiar with the characteristics of some major groups of living things
- construct and use simple keys to identify locally occurring species of plants and animals
- group and compare living things into sets according to their similarities and differences
- identify the interrelationships and interdependence between plants and animals in local and other habitats
- understand some ways in which plants reproduce
Suggestions for use: Useful research website for students to reference in researching material on animals for a project.
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African Savannah Animals
https://interesting-africa-facts.co...s/Africa-Savannah-Animal-Facts.html Added: 15 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceOnline article with information about animals of the African savannah. By reading the article, students and pupils will be able to list the Savannah predators, and list other Savannah animals.
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
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The Savanna
https://easyscienceforkids.com/the-savanna/ Added: 15 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceOnline article with information and facts about the African Savannah. Before reading the article, teachers could ask their students 'Do the animals on the savannas help each other?'
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
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Mountain Animals - Top 10
https://www.earthrangers.com/wildwi...ain-animals-at-the-highest-heights/ Added: 15 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceOnline article listing the top ten animals that live in a mountain habitat. Pupils and students can look at the picture of the animal, locate the mountain range, and identify the how high up the mountain they live.
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
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Arctic and Antarctic Animals
https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/arctic-wildlife-vs-antarctic-wildlife Added: 15 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceArctic wildlife and Antarctica wildlife are vastly different, and the regions are inhabited primarily by specialised species. Read about the Arctic and Antarctic animals using this online article.
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
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Woodland Animals
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/vi...s/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/ Added: 15 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceThe Woodland Trust website has some information for students and pupils on the animals found in woodland habitats. There is a video included within this online reference.
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
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Desert Animals for Kids
https://kids.lovetoknow.com/child-e.../desert-animals-facts-pictures-kids Added: 12 Sep 2019 Contributor: Aoife Kelly Resource type: ReferenceFacts and pictures of desert animals
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- 3-4
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an increasing awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
