Classification of Animals - Lesson Plan Coaches

Students’ Learning Outcomes

· Classify animals on the basis of food they eat.

· Differentiate between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores with the help of examples.

Information for Teachers

· All animals must get food to survive. Animals get food from the environment in which they live.

· Different animals have different eating habits.

· Some animals eat only plant materials (roots, stems, leaves, seeds, fruits etc.). They are called herbivores, sheep, horse, goat, cow and rabbit are common examples of herbivores.

· Some animals eat only animal materials (meat, fish etc.). They are called carnivores. Lion, tiger, eagle, dog, cat, whale and dolphin are common examples of carnivores.

· Some animals eat both plant and animal material. They are called omnivores. Hen, crow, bear, chimpanzee and man are common examples of omnivores.

Material / Resources

Pictures of animals eating their foods, textbook

Worm up Activity

· Ask students to name the animals present in their surroundings.

· Make a list of these animals on board. Conduct a questioning answering session.

v Are these all animals alike?

(Students’ response: No)

v How they are different?

(Students’ response may be include the size, color and living habitat of animals)

v Do they eat the same kind of food?

(Students’ response: No)

v Are the animals also different with reference to their feeding habits?

(Students’ response: Yes)

· Animals can be classified into three groups, according to the kinds of food they eat.

Development

Activity 1

· Divide the class in groups.

· Now ask the groups to make a table showing at least six different animals and their feeding habitats i.e. the food items they eat.

· Tell students, the food items in the table can be divided into two types i.e. Animals materials and plant materials. Ask students to see the food items and name:

v The animals which eat plant material only.

v The animals which eat animal material only.

v The animals which eat both plant and animal materials.

· Introduce and define the terms herbivore, carnivore and omnivore and ask students to sort out the animals’ list into these three categories.

· Recall students’ previous knowledge about the human diet and ask them the group to which human beings belong.

Animals	Feeding Habits
Hen	Grain, seeds, fruits, other vegetation, corns, worms, insects
Zebra	Grass
Lion	Zebra, buffalo, deer
Donkey	Shrubs, grass
Chimpanzees	Plants, insects, other small animals
Whale	Fish, sea birds and animals
Crow	Corn, small animals, eggs, fruits
Horse	Gras

Activity 2

· Draw the following diagram on board and ask students to copy on their notebooks and apply their learning to complete the diagram.

Herbivores	Omnivores	Carnivores
Food they eat	Food they eat	Food they eat
Examples	Examples	Examples

Sum up / Conclusion

· Conclude that there is a variety of food items available to animals. Different animals have different eating habits.

· Some animals eat only plant materials (roots, stems, leaves, seeds, fruits etc.), are called herbivores. Sheep, horse, goat, cow and rabbit are common examples of herbivores.

· Some animals eat only animal materials (meat, fish etc.). They are called carnivores. Lion, tiger, eagle, dog, cat, whale and dolphin are common examples of carnivores.

· Some animals eat both plant and animal material. They are called omnivores crow, bear, chimpanzee and man are common examples of omnivores

Assessment

Ask the following questions from students:

· Which of these is a carnivore?

a) Cat

b) Man

c) Goat

d) Zebra

· We are omnivores because we:

a) Live on land

b) Walk on two legs

c) Eat vegetables, meat and fish

d) Can’t make our food

Follow up

Ask students to draw this worksheet on their note books and complete it at home.

(According to eating habits of animals)

Animals	Herbivore	Carnivore	Omnivore
Dog
Lion
Sheep
Turtle
Rabbit
Tiger
Rat
Horse
Bear
Elephant
Snail
Cheetah
Man
Camel
Cow
Buffalo
Grasshopper
Goat