Presentations

Grade

Level

Specific Ontario Curricula:

Science and Technology 1- 8

Mammals

Two:

Growth and

Changes in

Animals

• identify and describe the major physical characteristics of different types of

  animals

• behavioral characteristics that enable animals to survive (e.g., hibernation,

  dormancy, migration)

• compare ways in which animals eat their food

• compare the life cycles of some animals

• describe ways in which animals respond and adapt to their environment

  (e.g., mammals living in colder climates have longer fur)

• compare ways in which different animals care for their young

Bees

and

Birds

Two:

Growth and

Changes in

Animals

• identify and describe the major physical characteristics of different types of

  animals

• identify and describe behavioral characteristics that enable animals to

  survive

• describe changes in the appearance and activity of an animal as it goes

  through a complete life cycle

• compare the life cycles of some animals that have similar life cycles and

   some that have different life cycles

Mammals

and

Birds

Four:

Habitats

and

Communities

• classify organisms according to their role in a food chain (e.g., producer,

  consumer)

• demonstrate an understanding of a food chain as a system in which energy

   from the sun is transferred eventually to animals, and classify animals as

   omnivorous, carnivorous, and herbivorous

• describe structural adaptations of plants and animals that demonstrate a

   response to living conditions in their environment (e.g., some arctic

   animals, at least seasonally, have white fur or feathers)

• recognize that animals and plants live in specific habitats because they are

  dependent on those habitats and have adapted to them (e.g., ducks live in

  marshes because they need marsh plants for food and shelter, and water

for movement)

Mammals

and

Birds

Six:

Diversity

of

Living Things

• recognize that  the essential difference between cold and warm blooded

  animals lies in different means of regulating body temperature

• identify and describe the characteristics of vertebrates and use these

  characteristics to classify vertebrates as mammals, birds, amphibians,

  reptiles and fish

• compare the characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates