Characteristics of Each Group of Vertebrates

Science V

What are the five groups of vertebrates?

Review

Pictures of each group of vertebrates.

Checking of Assignment

Guessing game

You will be shown a picture of an animal and give one characteristic of

this animal. You have to work in group so you can help each other.

Motivation

Motivation

Join your group and work on the activity problem:

What are the characteristics of each group of vertebrates?

Presentation

Each group will present and report what they have made.

Concept Formation

What are the characteristics of mammals? Fishes? Amphibians?

Reptiles? and Birds?

Why are crocodiles called amphibians? Dolphins-mammals?

Seahorse a fish?

Concept Formation

What are the characteristics of each group of vertebrates?

Generalization

Each group of vertebrates has their own characteristics.Mammals are the only animals with fur or hair; they are also the only animals with mammary glands that give milk to their young. They breathe with their lungs.

Concept Formation

Birds are the only animals with feathers. They have lungs for breathing. All birds come out of an egg with a hard shell.

Concept Formation

Fish have fins, scales which are thinking bony sheets arranged all over its body. All fish with the exemptions of the lung fish have gills.

Concept Formation

Amphibians are so called because they can live both on land and water. They live in water when they are still babies and on land when they grow up.

Concept Formation

Reptiles are scaly animals that are hatched from eggs with hard shells and the eggs are always laid on land.

Concept Formation

Identify the following whether they are mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, amphibians1. They live in water; have scales and gills for breathing.2. They live both on land and water, scaly animals that are hatched from eggs with hard shells.3. They have mammary glands and the only group of animals with fur or hair.

Evaluation

Give 2 examples of each group of vertebrates and tell the

characteristics of these animals.

Assignment