Directions The directions are based on the fact

Directions (The directions are based on the fact that you would delete this slide before you save it to the student directory. Therefore slide 2 will become slide 1 and so on. ) • • Slide 1: students delete the words your name and have them type in their name Slide 2: students sort the animals into different categories according to characteristics that they see or know • Slide 3: students explain why they put the animals into the categories that they created • Slide 4 & 5: students are given 3 animals and they have to explain the characteristics they share that would allow them to be categorized in the same group • Slide 6: students add 3 different clipart animals and then describe what characteristic they all have in common • Slide 7: this slide contains links to websites that the students can visit (The students will have to view the slideshow in order for the links to work. To do this they can click Slide Show and then View Show or they can hit the F 5 key. ) Student Expectations 2. 8 The student distinguishes between living and nonliving objects. The student is expected to: A. Identify characteristics of living organisms. 2. 9 The student knows that living organisms have basic needs. A. Identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants and animals that allow for their basic needs to be met.

Animals Characteristics Written by (your name)

Sort the animals into 3 different categories according to their characteristics. Category 1 Category 3 Category 2

Write a sentence describing how you decided to sort the animals into each category on the previous slide. Category 1 Category 2 Category 3

What characteristics do all these animals share? *

What characteristics would this group of animals share? *

Directions: Insert 3 different clipart animals that all have a similar characteristic in common. • What characteristic do these animals have in common?

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