All About Amphibians
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The word amphibian means two-lives.? Amphibians spend their lives in the water and on land.
Bullfrog tadpole.
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All amphibians begin their life in water with gills and tails.? As they grow, they develop lungs and legs for their life on land.?
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Amphibians are cold-blooded, which means that they are the same temperature as the air or water around them.?
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课件34张PPT。Lesson 1
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Meet the Beetles lesson3
单元课时框架设计Introduce AnimalsShare My
Favourite Animals Story time
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实践活动
导入阶段深入学习、探索综合展示Lesson 1 Know about Animals 教材分析 激活已知，借助图片和对话录音，情境化地呈现本课的目标词；让学生通过看、听、标号等途径来感知并学习目标词汇。词汇操练和巩固：学生通过互相提问，描述自己喜欢的动物及类别特征，体会词汇在交际情境中的运用。读写活动：学生根据语境和自身的实际情况，使用恰当的单词填空。知识拓展：以图文结合的方式大致介绍四类动物以及一些主要特征。Lesson 1 Know about Animals 备课思考 本课时的教材设计活动主要目的是在学生已有的对于动物的认知基础上，学习常见动物名称及其分类的英文表达词汇。学生对于动物话题比较感兴趣，又有一些相关的生活经验，因此对学生来说，学习常见动物的英文名称难度并不大，但对于一些动物分类，学生存在不了解或者易混淆的情况。因此，本课时将Get Ready，Lesson 1，Fun Time进行系统整合、梳理，帮助学生更系统、全面地了解动物分类，及该类动物的特征。Lesson 1 Know about Animals 教学目标 能够根据动物特征，区分动物种类。
能够用以下词汇和句型谈论动物种类和活动。
词汇：mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects,
功能句型：
What animals do you like?
I like butterflies.
They are insects.
They can fly.
Warm Up & Lead InPresentationPracticeProduction1.介绍现实生活中有关东动物的有趣现象
2.谈论自己喜欢的动物，引出话题 1.借助图片，通过问答形式讲授新词
2. 融合Fun Time帮助学生了解每种动物的特点。1.看动物图片，说动物种类
2.看动物种类的特征描述，猜测动物种类结合教师给出范例，学生小组合作活动，独立完成C项。Lesson 1 Know about Animals 教学流程 一、Warm Up & Lead InIf there was a fight between a bear and a lion, who would win?They are man’s best friends.
Their average lifetime is around 10 to 14 years.They are birds.
They can swim but can not fly. About 14 days1. Fun Animal FactsLesson 1 Know about Animals What animals do you like? 一、Warm Up & Lead In2. Free talkLesson 1 Know about Animals Why do you like …? What kind of animals are they? They are fish.Lesson 1 Know about Animals
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1.了解动物分类What do fish have in common? Fish have scales（鳞）.Fish have gills（鳃）.Fish have fins（鳍）.Fish live in water.What animals are they? What do these animals have in common? They have warm blood.They are covered with hair or fur.They feed milk to their babies.What do these animals have in common? X？What kind of animals are they? They are mammals.What other mammals do you know? ……What kind of animals are whales? What are these animals?What do these animals have in common?They have scales.They have four legs.They have cold blood.They lay eggs.What do these animals have in common?√What kind of animals are they? They are reptiles.？X？What other reptiles do you know?chameleonwall lizardWhat kind of animals are they? They are birds.What do birds have in common? √All birds have feathers.All birds have two wings.Mother birds lay eggs.What do birds have in common? ？What animals are they?ladybirdbutterflybeeWhat do these animals have in common?ladybirdbutterflybeeThey have six legs.They lay eggs.They have wings.They can fly.What do these animals have in common?How many legs do they have？X？What kind of animals are they?ladybirdbutterfly They are insects. bee二、PresentationLesson 1 Know about Animals 2. 听力活动，初步感知新语言(2)Listen to the radio.
第一遍：Listen and order the pictures.
第二遍：Listen & Check
(1)Read the pictures.
What animals do you see?
What do they look like?
What kind of animals are they?1. What animals are they?mantisBat（mammals）sea horseThey are…三、PracticeLesson 1 Know about Animals 2. What kinds of animals are they?mammalsbirdsinsectsfishreptilesKinds of animals2. What kind of animals are they?They have cold blood.
They all have scales.
Mothers lay eggs.
Most of them have four legs.They have feathers.
They have two wings.
Mothers lay eggs.They have six legs.
Mothers lay eggs.
Most of them can fly.
Most of them have wings.They have warm blood.
They are covered with hair or fur.
Mothers feed milk to their babies.三、PracticeLesson 1 Know about Animals mammalsbirdsinsectsfishreptilesKinds of animalsWhat animals do you like? I like…
They are…
They can…1. Choose one of these animals and talk about it according to the key words.Example: Penguins are birds.
They are black and white.
They can swim.mammalsfishinsectsbirdsreptiles四、ProductionLesson 1 Know about Animals 2. C项（写的活动）e.g. Elephants are mammals. They are very big and strong.e.g. Penguins are birds. They cannot fly. They can swim. are . They are .四、ProductionLesson 1 Know about Animals 四、评价I like…
They are…
They can…I like…
They are…
They can…Facts About Mammals| Characteristics of Mammals | Classification of Mammals
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Here we have simply stated out facts about mammals, then the distinctive characteristics of mammals and at last we have done the most common type of classification of mammals. Mammals are warm blooded air-breathing vertebrate animals that are categorized by their hair, three middle ear bones and the mother nursing their young ones with milk.
Characteristics of Mammals
Mammals have the following distinctive characteristics that put them in the class of mammals:
Mammals have backbone and spines i.e. they are vertebrates.
Mammals have hair or fur on their bodies.
Mammals are warm blooded animals.
Mammals give birth to their young ones.
Mammals mother nurse their young with their own milk.
Mammals have lungs and need air to breathe.
Mammals that live on land have usually four legs and have ears that stick out of their bodies.
Fun Animal Facts
Dogs
Dogs have formed such a strong bond as pets, workers and companions to humans that they have earned the nickname "man's best friend".
The average life span for a dog is around 10 to 14 years.
Other animals
Discover a few animal facts for kids that You May Not Know.
Did you know that?dolphins?always sleep with one eye open?
The tongue of a?blue whale?is as long as an elephant.
Were you aware that in a fight between a?bear?and a?lion, the bear would win.
If you will keep red?goldfish?in the room without light for quite a long time, it will turn white naturally. Also you should know that dry fish food can make your favorite goldfish constipated.
A house?fly?lives about 14 days.
The longest recorded flight of a?chicken?lasted 13 seconds.
Chickens?unable to swallow food while they are upside down.
Duck's?quack doesn't echo, and nobody knows why.
Most stupid domestic animal is the?turkey.
Snakes?hear through their jaws.
No two?zebras?have the same pattern of stripes.
Did you know that all?bulls?are color blind animal.
Male?mosquitoes?are vegetarians. Only females bite humans. They also have 47 teeth.
A?dog?was the first in space and a?rooster?and a?duck?were the first "pilots" in a air balloon.
Penguin?- the only bird that can swim but can not fly. In addition, it is the only bird walking standing. Leaf-cutting ants?can lift and move loads, weight kotoroya 50 times its own weight. The mass of the?elephant`s brain?is approximately 0.27% of the mass of its body.
In each beehive live 20 - 60 thousand bees. The?Queen bee?lays almost 1500 eggs a day and lives up to two years. Drones, the only work which helps the uterus to live up to 24 days and do not have stingers. Worker bees (all sterile females) - usually work until his death (about 40 days), collecting pollen and nectar.
Penguins
Fun Penguin Facts for Kids
Enjoy our fun penguin facts for kids. Learn about the Emperor Penguin, King Penguin, Crested Penguin, Little Blue Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin and more. Read on to find out what makes penguins unique members of the animal kingdom.
Penguins are flightless birds.
While other birds have wings for flying, penguins have adapted flippers to help them swim in the water.
Most penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Galapagos Penguin is the only penguin specie that ventures north of the equator in the wild.
Large penguin populations can be found in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina and South Africa.
No penguins live at the North Pole.
Penguins eat a range of fish and other sealife that they catch underwater.
Penguins can drink sea water.
Penguins spend around half their time in water and the other half on land.
The Emperor Penguin is the tallest of all penguin species, reaching as tall as 120 cm (47 in) in height.
Emperor Penguins can stay underwater for around 20 minutes at a time.
Emperor Penguins often huddle together to keep warm in the cold temperatures of Antarctica.
King Penguins are the second largest penguin specie. They have four layers of feathers to help keep them warm on the cold subantarctic islands where they breed.
Chinstrap Penguins get their name from the thin black band under their head. At times it looks like they’re wearing a black helmet, which might be useful as they’re considered the most aggressive type of penguin.
Crested penguins have yellow crests, as well as red bills and eyes.
Yellow eyed penguins (or Hoiho) are endangered penguins native to New Zealand. Their population is believed to be around 4000.
Little Blue Penguins are the smallest type of penguin, averaging around 33 cm (13 in) in height.
Penguin’s black and white plumage serves as camouflage while swimming. The black plumage on their back is hard to see from above, while the white plumage on their front looks like the sun reflecting off the surface of the water when seen from below.
Penguins in Antarctica have no land based predators.
Sharks
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From scary movies to beachside signs, sharks have a hair-raising reputation. But are they really as scary as they’re portrayed? The truth is, only 25 species (out of 368 species) attack?humans, and only about 100 people each year are attacked by sharks. More people die every year from?bee?stings, natural disasters or?lightning?strikes, and tens of thousands die in car and road accidents. The bull shark is the shark most often responsible for attacks, because it swims in the same shallow waters preferred by swimmers.
The spined pygmy shark grows only 7 inches long.
Sharks are ancient?animals. They’ve been on earth for at least 420?million years. Sharks, unlike most fish, don’t have?bones, but cartilage, which is a soft, sinewy substance. They have several rows of?teeth?and might have as many as 3,000 teeth in their mouths at one time. When one tooth falls out, another one moves forward to replace it.
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The whale shark can reach over 50 feet long.
Fun Facts About Sharks for Kids
It’s hard to see in the murky waters of the deep, but sharks have excellent vision. Their night vision is better than a?cat’s?or a?wolf’s.
A shark’s sense of smell is 10,000 times better than a human’s.
Sharks can detect?electrical impulses, including another animal’s beating heart. That’s a little creepy, isn’t it?
Sharks are picky eaters. They often take one bite of something before they decide to go in for the kill. This is why they often swim away after “tasting” a human.
Sharks have several rows of teeth and might have as many as 3,000 teeth in their mouths at one time.
Shark Vocabulary
Reputation: the image or idea people have of a person, animal or thing
Portray: how someone or something is described
Ancient: old
Substance: material
Murky: dark, cloudy
The bull shark is the shark most often responsible for attacks, because it swims in the same shallow waters preferred by swimmers.
Learn More All About Sharks
A video documentary about a historical giant shark, Megalodon.
Shark QUESTIONS & ANSWERS for kids
Question 1:?How big are sharks?
Answer 1: Sharks can range in size from tiny to as big as a bus. The spined pygmy shark grows only 7 inches long, while the whale shark can reach over 50 feet long. Most sharks are about the same size as a human, or slightly larger.
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Question 2:?Are all sharks carnivores?
Answer 2: All sharks are meat eaters. Small sharks eat plankton, small animals and shellfish. Large sharks eat?fish, sea lions and?seals.
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Question 3:?How many species of shark are there?
Answer 3:?For now we know of over 500 different shark types in our waters. New species get discovered every year. Fossils found over time suggest that millions of years ago there may have been over 3000 different shark species, this would have been when water levels where much higher and the climate warmer.
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Question 4:?How do sharks hear?
Answer 4:?Sharks have inner ears, they have?very small openings on the side of their heads. Sharks have fantastic hearing, they are tuned into much lower frequencies than us and they can hear movement in the water from miles away.
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Question 5:?What is the biggest shark?
Answer 5:?A whale shark can reach over 20 meters in length making is the largest shark at present.
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Question 6:?How long can a great white shark live?
Answer 6:?Studies to date show that a great white shark can live up to 70 years.
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Question 7:?What is the fastest shark?
Answer 7:?The Shortfin Mako Shark is the fastest of the shark species reaching speed of 20 miles per hour when in pursuit of prey like tuna and other fish.
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Question 8:?Do?sharks Have predators??
Answer 8:?Yes they do and even the great white has. Orca?wales also know as killer wales will attack great white sharks. Although it is rare it can happen. Sharks are generally the rulers of the oceans.
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Question 9:?Do?sharks have a good sense of smell?
Answer 9:?Sharks have an amazing sense of smell. A shark can smell even a single drop of blood in the water. Just because a shark picks up a sense of blood in the water it doesn’t mean it will go on the hunt. A shark will only eat when hungry.
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Question 10:?Can a shark drown?
Answer 10:?Most sharks can drown, in order not to do so they need to keep moving.
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Question 11:?Do all shark species attack humans?
Answer 11:?No, in fact 97% of the shark species have no interest in us and are completely harmless. Even great white shark attacks are extremely rare.
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Question 12:?How high can a shark jump?
Answer 12:?The Mako and the Great White sharks are known to be great jumpers. The great white can jump up to 3 meters while the Mako shark can jump as high as 9 meters.
