Marshall Cavendish Cambridge

Primary Science (2nd edition)

Stage 3

CHAPTER 2
ANIMALS

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 Lesson 1: Different Groups of Animals

LESSON 1: DIFFERENT GROUPS OF ANIMALS

LEARNING AIMS
• Identify the features of different groups of animals.
• Observe some animals and sort them into different groups.

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CHAPTER TRIGGER

• In what ways are the animals

similar?
• In what ways are the animals
different?

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PRE-EVALUATION

Whale Shark
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MAIN CONCEPT

Animals can be sorted into six different groups.

Mammals Birds

Reptiles Fish

Insects Amphibians

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MAIN CONCEPT

Mammals Birds
• Have fur or hair on their body • Have wings
• Most give birth to their young • Have a beak
alive • Have two legs
• The young they feed on their
• Have feathers as the outer covering
mother’s milk
• Can live on water or land • Lay eggs with hard shells

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MAIN CONCEPT

Reptiles Insects
• Have skin covered in dry • Most reproduce by laying eggs
scales • The body is divided into three parts,
• Lay eggs with leathery shells head, thorax and abdomen
• The young hatch out of the
• Have a pair of antennae on their
eggs on land.
heads

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MAIN CONCEPT

Fish Amphibians
Live underwater • Have moist skin without scales
Have a tail and fins to help them • Reproduce by laying eggs in water
swim
• When the young hatch from the
Are covered in scales
eggs, they breathe with gills.
Use gills to breathe
Most reproduce by laying eggs in • As they grow into adults, they
water develop lungs to breathe on land.

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WATCH

Do mammals only live in

on land?

Can mammals breathe

underwater?

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ACTIVITY Match the animal group to the picture.

Mammal

Fish

1. 2. 3. Bird

Reptile

Insect

Amphibian
4. 5. 6.
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CRITICAL THINKING
Why do you think that we don’t classify
animals according to their height?

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WRAP-UP
Place ‘True’ or ‘False’ for each sentence. True False

1. All amphibians breathe using gills.

2. Not all birds are able to fly.

3. Mammals can live on land and water.

4. Insects are the only animals who have antennae.

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HOMEWORK

Complete the sticker activity on

page 29 of the Student’s Book.

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 Lesson 2: Life Cycles

LESSON 2: LIFE CYCLES

LEARNING AIMS
• Explain that different animals have different life cycles.
• Recognise the life cycles of a frog, a butterfly, a chicken and a human.

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LESSON TRIGGER

Which animal is the adult and

which is the young? Explain.

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PRE-EVALUATION

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MAIN CONCEPT

• All animals go through a life cycle.

• A life cycle shows the changes an animal goes through when it grows
from a young to an adult

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MAIN CONCEPT

The Life Cycle of a Frog

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MAIN CONCEPT

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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MAIN CONCEPT

Life Cycle of a Chicken

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MAIN CONCEPT

Life Cycle of a Human

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• Match the pictures of the young with their

ACTIVITY parents.

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CRITICAL THINKING
Human activities are making the world a
hotter place.
Imagine that in the future the Earth became
so hot that most of the water dried up.

How would this affect the life cycles of

animals?

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WRAP-UP
Use the words below to complete the sentences.

fur gills two land moist three

1. All mammals have hair or _________ as their outer body covering.

2. All reptiles lay their eggs on _____________.
3. All birds have wings covered in feathers and have ________ legs.
4. All fish use ___________ to breathe underwater.
5. All insects have a body made of _________ different parts.
6. All amphibians have ___________ skin.

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HOMEWORK

Complete Activity 2C: How Much Have I Grown?

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Slides 1, 3: pets ID: 15229026 © Isselee | Dreamstime.com, grey tabby cat ID: 50600471 © Dimakp | Dreamstime.com, patio ID: 55294442 ©
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• Slide 4: whale © https://pixabay.com/illustrations/humpback-whale-fish-ocean-mammal-3989768/, shark ©
https://pixabay.com/illustrations/sharks-fish-animal-carnivore-5544386/
• Slide 6: Persian cat ID: 23563259 © Masezdromaderi | Dreamstime.com, dolphin ID: 43197551 © Jeff Silver | Dreamstime.com, falcon ID:
125607606 © Imran Ashraf | Dreamstime.com, parrot ID: 60275983 © Rgbe | Dreamstime.com
• Slide 7: sea turtle ID: 63933408 © Shane Myers | Dreamstime.com, snake ID: 4888581 © Rui Matos | Dreamstime.com, ant ID: 11108959 ©
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• Slide 8: goldfish ID: 51659573 © Imaengine | Dreamstime.com, tiger shark ID: 94811895 © Frhojdysz | Dreamstime.com, water frog ID: 129936427
© Isselee | Dreamstime.com, salamander ID: 42177719 © Adogslifephoto | Dreamstime.com
• Slide 10: kittens © https://pixabay.com/photos/cat-animal-kitty-nature-pet-3699032/, frog ©
https://pixabay.com/photos/mediterranean-tree-frog-green-frog-796466/, crocodile ©
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https://pixabay.com/photos/mosquito-macro-insect-bug-animal-719613/, pigeon ©
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• Slide 11: mouse © https://pixabay.com/photos/animal-attractive-beautiful-boy-1238228/, chicken ©
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giraffe © http://pixabay.com/illustrations/giraffe-africa-watercolor-animal-1992346/
• Slide 15: zebras © https://pixabay.com/photos/zebra-baby-baby-animal-zebra-4244667/
• Slide 22: tadpole ID: 19008625 © Ryan Sartoski | Dreamstime.com, baby elephant ID: 165756979 © Wirestock | Dreamstime.com, baby swan ID:
26370120 © Jiří Paťava | Dreamstime.com, frog ID: 58675986 © Paul Reeves | Dreamstime.com, swan ID: 37096725 © Petrina Calabalic |
Dreamstime.com, elephant ID: 11614729 © S100apm | Dreamstime.com
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