WITH AXEL SCHEFFLER Illustrations Axel Scheffler A baby

WITH AXEL SCHEFFLER Illustrations © Axel Scheffler

A baby cheetah’s fur helps it blend in to its surroundings while hiding from predators The cheetah has black spots on both its skin and its fur thick, coarse, spotty, furry

hard, sharp, scaly The pangolin has scales made of keratin (same as your hair and fingernails) When threatened by predators, it rolls up into an armoured ball © 2630 ben – stock. adobe. com

Water gets trapped between elephants’ wrinkled skin helping them stay cool Tusks are used to dig, gather food, lift objects, strip bark from trees and for defense Tusks smooth, hard Elephant tusks are actually teeth Skin thick, wrinkly

Cheetahs Killed for its cubs Pangolins Killed for scales Elephants Killed for tusks What does endangered mean? When an animal is endangered, it means that there are not many of the species left and if we don’t protect them, they could disappear forever (become extinct). Each of thes e species is threatened b y poaching Cheetah and elephant photos sourced from Unsplash. Pangolin © 2630 ben – stock. adobe. com

Today, we’re going to make our own pictures of endangered animals Click to play film

Choose an endangered animal to draw (click an animal to see more pictures) Rhino, elephant and cheetah photos sourced from Unsplash. Pangolin © 2630 ben – stock. adobe. com

We’re going to practise drawing animals using photographs to help us Click to play film © 2630 ben – stock. adobe. com

animal textures slippery? scaly? furry? rough? wrinkly? Pangolin © 2630 ben – stock. adobe. com Other photos sourced from Unsplash. com

We’re going to add colour and visual texture to our illustrations Click to play film

gallery walk Walk around the room and look at all the animal illustrations

Back Photos sourced from Unsplash. com

Back Photos sourced from Unsplash. com

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