ACTIVITIES
Materials:
- drawing paper
- pencils
- markers or paints
- Peterson's First Guide to
mammals or any field guide to mammals of your area
Activities:
- Find some books on
mammals.
- Find a mammal you are
interested in studying and draw it.
- Walk outside to observe mammal
behavior: squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and mice might live
nearby.
- Go on the Internet to get information about
mammals you are interested in.
- Look at videos on mammals. Most libraries loan
these videos for free.
- Watch the PBS TV series Nature. Look at
the TV programs on the Discovery and Learning channels about
animals and nature.
- Study the mammals you live with: your family,
cats, dogs, bunnies, mice, hamsters, gerbils, pet
ferrets.
- Write a paper about what different kinds of
mammals have in common and how they differ. For example,what do
you and your dog have in common? In what ways are you
different?
- Make a poster about mammals using your
drawings, pictures from magazines, photographs and lots of
information you have learned about mammals.
- Write a story about mammals. It could be a
nonfiction story with only information and illustrations. Or it
could be fiction with facts about mammals woven into the story.
Most of the old fairy tales are stories with magic and with
real information about the seasons, plants and
animals.
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