ANIMALS
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Feathered Animals
Dairy Animals
Farm Animals
Horses are also useful as they can be used as transport that the farmer can ride around his farm to see what is happening.
Create a horse using the learner's feet to construct a footprint as part of the diagram [Footprint Horse Craft] (https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/farm/footprint-horse.asp)
Horses are beneficial for humans as they can be used for working on the farm, for example ploughing the fields.
Ducks and chickens are also farmed for their meat. This can also be eaten by the farmer or sold to make money.
Construct feathered farm animals using feathers in a fun way [Hidden Feathers Bird Activity for Toddlers] (https://www.thekeeperofthememories.com/hidden-feathers-bird-activity-for-toddlers/)
Ducks and chickens are farmed because they are useful for eggs to the farm to eat and sell.
Cows are kept on a dairy farm for their milk. This can be used for drinking or cooking.
When the animal is too old to give milk, it can be used to grind the meat for food.
Colour in the various pictures and discuss how dairy can be turned into food we Healthy Food Colouring Pages Dairy Products Coloring For
Animals and creatures that live in fresh water
Wild animals
Beavers
Hippopotamus
A hippopotamus poop is full of nutrients, that fertilize the plants than are in the river. Hippos: The Life Force of African Rivers
Hippopotaum poop also feed some of the fish in the river, this keeps some species of fish alive.
Activity - Learners to make a hippopotamus paper bag (with instruction)Paper Bag Hippopotamus Kids Craft
Camouflage Camouflage-National Geographic Society
A lot of animals that use a disguise to hide themselves using patterns and colours. This is called camouflage.
Animals also camouflage themselves to make it easier to sneak up on their food to catch Camo Fish | National Geographic
Activity - Children to draw a pattern of animal camouflage. i.e. zebra, giraffe, cheetah.
Types of Wild Animals
Predators - These are the animals that eat the prey, they are animals like lion, leopard, crocodile, eagles. These animals help to keep the environment clean and free from disease as they eat other dead animals.
Activity - [Worksheet with picture of prey and predators, learners to pick all the animals that are predators and make the same noise of the animals. Prey and Predator
Prey - These are the animals that are eaten by predators. The prey mostly eat grass and are called herbivores.
Farm Animals
Wild Animals
Dairy Animals
Dams built by beavers slow down water flow and spread the water over a greater area, which means they can help with positive outcomes to prevent floods. The biodiversity benefits of beavers
Activity-Build a beaver dam Build Your Own Beaver Dam Activity
The beaver is a unique engineer that can create a landscape that would not exist without them. This is because of the animal’s ability to build dams
When using milking machines less peope are needed to it limits job opportunities.
Use latex glove filled with water so children can simulate milking a How to get a child to drink milk? Make a cow gloves
Dairy cows make a lot of milk, the farmer uses milking machines to allow him to milk a lot of cows at one time. Advantages of Milking Machinery
Tractors are more efficient and quicker than using horses to do the work but the downside is the damage to the environment by giving off exhaust fumes.
Horses have been replaced by tractors, this means that the horse does not get exhausted by ploughing the fields. Horse Labor Instead of Tractors
The bees make very specific honeycomb shapes minimizing energy and wax. These hexagonal cells also hold the most weight, making them the most efficient shape. How Do Bees Make Honeycomb – The Fascinating Process Uncovered
Learners to make honeycomb out of toilet A paper roll honeycomb beehive
Bees turn nectar into honey, humans have not learned how to do this yet making bees very important to the enviornment.
Show videos showing how horses plough fields and then how tractor ploughs fields. Horse Plowing With A Forecart, How To Plow a Garden - Two Bottom Plow