Basic Needs of Animals

Kensley Silas

• Content Area: Science• Grade Level: 2nd Grade• Summary: The purpose of this instructional

PowerPoint is to teach students the basic needs of animals

• Learning Objective: Given a reading packet, the student will learn the relationship between an animal’s characteristics and the features of the environment where it lives with 95% accuracy.

• Content Standard: Animals• Accomplishment: Students will have a basic

understanding of the needs of animals and how the environment affects the needs of animals.

Environment• DEFINITION: everything, both living

and nonliving, that surrounds and affects the animal.

• In an environment suitable for a specific animal, that animal can meet all its basic needs

• What are the basic needs of animals?

Food• All animals need food to grow, stay

healthy, and survive.• Each animal requires a different

amount of food.• For example, a leopard hunts and

kills other animals and eats them.

Water• Animals get water from water holes,

ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams.• Some animals rarely drink!

Shelter• Shelter protects animals from

enemies and harsh weather.• Some animals can even carry their

shelter with them! • A turtle is one of the animals that

carries their shelter.

What do living and non living things that surround and affect an animal make up?

A) EnvironmentB) FoodC) WaterD)Shelter

OOPS! TRY AGAIN!

What are the basic need(s) of animals?

A)FoodB)ShelterC)WaterD)All of the above

OOPS!Think about what ALL animals need to survive!

Great job! You’re definitely getting it!

GOOD JOB! You got it correct!

ConclusionWe have just learned the basic needs of animals!

Remember that all animals require 3 main things to keep them going in their environment!