EXPLORING MAMMALS | LIST & SUMMARY OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Mammal Safari	Summary: Students will make a mobile distinguishing mammals from non-mammals. Objective: Students will recognize the difference between mammals and non-mammals through discussion in this creative project. Grades: 1-3
Hot (Blooded) Mammal	Summary: Students will rely on their knowledge of mammals to play a game like "hot potato." Objective: This activity will reinforce students' familiarity with which animals is categorized as mammals. Grades: 1-3
Sink Your Teeth In	Summary: Students will determine a mammal's diet by looking at visual cues derived from the shape of a mammal's teeth and jaw. Objective: Students will learn to identify a mamma's diet by examining skulls. Grades: 2-4
Hungry as Can Be	Summary: Students will select a mammal of their choice and will illustrate what that animal might eat. Objective: This activity will allow students to learn the various diets of mammals. Grades: 1-4
Counting on Cats	Summary: Students will use math to reinforce information about members of the cat family. Objective: Students will lear about cat biology through related math problems. Grades: 3-4
Walk This Way	Summary: Students will move like land animals, seals, and sea lion. Objective: Students will learn about different types of movements used by different mammals to maneuver. Grades: 1-3
Nature's Work of Art	Summary: Students will make models of horns, paying special attention to this unique structure. Objective: Through this creative activity, students will relate unique features of a horn as a part of a mammal. Grades: 2-4
Blubber for a Day	Summary: Students will learn about blubber through "simulation of blubber," using latex gloves and shortening. Objective: Students will learn about this particular adaptation as a way to maintain constant body temperature, even in cold water. Grades: 3-4
Tell Me About Biomes	Summary: Students will write about a biome of their choice. Objective: This activity will reinforce students' familiarity with various biomes using descriptive language. Grades: 2-4
Make-a-Mammal	Summary: Students will create their own mammals to live in one of three biomes: rainforest, chaparral, or tundra. Objective: This activity will encourage students to think of creative adaptations that will allow their mammals to live successfully in the assigned biomes. Grades: 3-4