Series: Biodiversity

Pack 1: Animals

Lynette Merrick

2071Paper-based / ePackFeb 98
ISBN: Paper-based 978 1 85749 390 0; ePack 978 1 84070 491 4

This pack provides a complete kit of materials for teaching how to identify and then classify a wide range of common animals. Beautifully illustrated, the publication is well-referenced to the curriculum and provides:

• teacher's notes
• background information on identification techniques, key construction, structure, function, adaptation, diversity, food chains
• identification and key cards
• activity calendars
• pupil sheets
• suggestions for the integration of ICT
• recording sheets
• advice on creating databases
• glossary.

This pack includes identification and 'key' cards for:

• 24 aquatic invertebrates
• 24 terrestrial invertebrates (excluding butterflies)
• 16 butterflies
• 20 birds
• 4 amphibians
• 8 mammals.

Contents

Introduction

Section 1 Identifying Animals

• Land invertebrates
• Water invertebrates
• Mammals and amphibians
• Butterflies

Section 2 Investigating Animals and their Habitats

• Project 1: What invertebrates can I find and how can they be sorted?
• Project 2: Which invertebrates live in dark habitats and which in light?
• Project 3: What can I find in soil and leaf litter?
• Project 4: What evidence can I find of food chains?
• Project 5: What differences are there between the surface and the bottom of a pond?
• Project 6: How are animals adapted for feeding?

Section 3 Recording Animals and their Diversity

Glossary

Index to handouts

Other titles in the series

• Pack 2: Plants