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Beyond the BookGo outside and watch an animal that flies. Which parts of its body help it fly? Use words and pictures.

Most animals that fly have wings. How does the shape of wings help something fly? Make three paper airplanes. Build wings that have different sizes and shapes. Which airplane flies the farthest?

Can you change the wings to make the planes fly better?

Animals of the

Air

FOCUS Book

flying frog

Some animals fly in the air.

How are animals that fly the same? How are they different?

How do animals move in the air?

Patterns

FOCUS Question

zebra finch

ladybug

Animals of the

Air

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swallowtail butterfly

great horned owl

damselfly

snowy owl

cardinal

Some animals have wings. Wings let animals fly.

Wings come in many shapes and sizes.

Birds have feathers.

Feathers help birds fly. They also keep birds warm and dry.

Butterflies have four wings.Butterflies have four wings.

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flying squirrel

bat

dragonfly flying lizard

Not all animals that fly have feathers. Bats and dragonflies do not have feathers.

Bats have hair on their wings.

Dragonfly wings are smooth.

Some animals move through the air without wings. They have extra skin. It helps them float on air. They can not fly very far.


Mexico

United States

Canada

monarch butterfly

albatross

a bee on a flower

Animals with wings can fly very far away.

This bird can fly across an ocean.

This butterfly can fly from Canada to Mexico!

Some animals fly to find food.

Butterflies fly from flower to flower to get food. Bees do, too. They look for flowers with bright colors.


Some birds can see far away.

They fly high to get a good look at the ground.

If they see food, they fly down to get it.

After reading the book, write or draw your answers to these questions on separate paper.

1 What body part do most flying animals use to fly?

A feet

B mouth

C wings 2 Some animals can fly without wings. Compare

how they fly with how animals with wings fly.

3 Name two animals that can fly a long way.

4 How are butterflies and bees alike?

How do animals move in the air? Look at the pictures of animals in the book. Tell how wings can be the same. Tell how wings can be different. Use writing and pictures.

FOCUS Question

red-tailed hawk

bald eagle


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