Page 14 - science

Some animals have a skeleton inside their body. Part

of this is a backbone. Scientists call these animals Look at

vertebrates. the x-ray
photographs.
Other animals have shells, or no hard parts at all.

Scientists call these animals invertebrates. Which show
vertebrates?

Which show

invertebrates?

Talk with a
partner about

frog jelly fish rabbit why you made

these choices.

Researching vertebrates and invertebrates

Your group will be given one of the animals in
the word box to research: camel
butterfly
1 Use books, magazines or the internet to find out worm
about your animal.
rabbit
2 Decide if it is a vertebrate or an invertebrate. spider

3 Find out where the animal lives and what it eats. horse

4 Draw the animal or cut out photographs you bird
have found. snail

5 Your teacher will give you a paper plate to present crab

your findings. jelly fish

6 Walk around and look at the other plates.

Key idea 1 Exploring Animals
Stretch zone
We can put animals that are
How can snakes move without legs? like each other into a group.

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■ For more activities, go to Workbook 1 page 15.