Animals Project
Added: 15 Nov 2016
Contributor:
Conor Caulfield
Resource type:
Project
Resources 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.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 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.
