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understanding life systems

​growth and change in animals


CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/scientec18currb.pdf
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
1. assess ways in which animals have an impact on society and the environment, and ways in which humans have an impact upon animals and the places where they live
2. investigate similarities and differences in the characteristics of various animals
3. demonstrate an understanding that animals grow and change and have distinct characteristics.

LEARNING TARGETS
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TEACHER GUIDE
​www.scholastic.ca/education/nlscience/pdfs/grade2/unit4_animal/Unit%204_AnimalGrowthChanges.pdf

TEACHING RESOURCES
www.linktolearning.com/grade2science.htm

VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMONS
vlc.ucdsb.ca/c.php?g=156634&p=1547250

LIVING VERSUS NON LIVING THINGS 
Living things need energy/ nutrients/ food
Living things grow
Living things have senses which allow them to react to changes in their environment 
Living things can reproduce
​Living things create waste
Living things breathe


IF THE ANSWER IS YES TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED A LIVING THING!
 
​Can it grow?
Can it get energy?
Can it make waste?
Can it to reproduce?
Can it move?
Can it breathe? 
Can it react to things?
www.studyfinds.org/zoologists-discover-first-known-animal-that-doesnt-breathe-oxygen/

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Outside features/traits/qualities of your body
WARM BLOODED: The food an animal eats keeps their blood at the same/constant temperature (Endothermic)
COLD BLOODED: an animal’s blood is only as warm as the temperature around them (Ectothermic). 
VENN DIAGRAM MAKER: www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/
SAN DIEGO KIDS ZOO: kids.sandiegozoo.org/

HABITAT
The natural environment of an organism. This environment includes its food, water, shelter and space

NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS
*Living things need energy 
Autotrophs make their own energy
Heterotrophs eat for energy
*Living things need water
*Living things need a living space that protects their inside temperature (Homeostasis)

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MAMMALS
Backbones (vertebrates), Hair/Fur, live babies, lungs, 4 limbs, milk from their mom, warm blooded

BIRDS
​Backbones (vertebrates), feathers, wings with 2 legs, beaks, lay eggs and incubate, warm blooded, lungs.
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What kind of bird are you?
​ cornelllabpgstore.com/what-bird-are-you-most-like-all-outcomes/
Crows can pass on their anger/memories to offspring
​ www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/grudge-holding-crows-pass-on-their-anger-to-family-and-friends
gfycat.com/brilliantinsecureirrawaddydolphin-body-feather-wing-feather-feathers-windy​

AMPHIBIANS
Backbones (vertebrates), moist skin, moist eggs, lungs, first water, then can go on land, cold blooded, METAMORPHOSIS: This means they don’t look like their parents when they are born, but go through a big change. Their body shape changes to look like their parents. 
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REPTILES
Backbones (vertebrates), dry skin, scales, lay dry eggs, lungs, cold blooded, if they have limbs-they have claws, first land, then can go in water.
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FISH
Backbones (vertebrates), fins as limbs, scales, breathe through gills, cold blooded
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THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS...
wonderopolis.org/wonder/is-an-axolotl-a-fish-or-an-amphibian​
LIFE CYCLES

ADAPTATIONS
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An animal can have a special quality which helps it survive. A chameleon has the ability to change colour to blend in and avoid predators. 
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INSTINCT
An animal is born with an idea of what to do to survive. A loggerhead turtle is born knowing to quickly crawl into the sea before a bird swoops down and eats it. 

CARNIVORE
Meat eaters
HERBIVORE
plant eaters
OMNIVORE
Plants and meats

MIGRATION
An animal goes to a warmer environment for a season to protect itself.  A Canadian Goose flies to Florida to stay warm!
HIBERNATION

A long seasonal sleep after a big meal. A bear protects itself from the cold winters by sleeping and burning off its big meal. 
DORMANCY
A shorter (usually a month long) type of hibernation. A dormouse eats a large meal and sleeps a bit to save itself from some of the colder days. 
AESTIVATION
Animal dormancy taking place in the summer rather than the winter 
​journeynorth.org/monarchs
​birdcast.info/migration-tools/live-migration-maps/

MIMICRY
A type of adaptation where an animal can copy other animals sounds, etc.

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VIRTUAL TOURS
​childslife.ca/stay-at-home-fun-visit-a-virtual-aquarium/

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