Amazing Animals Projects

A)
Each students picks up an animal from the list below and gives an oral presentation on its habitat, habits, food, its life cycle and fact file:

APES & MONKEYS:Gorilla, Chimpanzee,Orang-outan, Macaque, Drill, Gibbon,...

ELEPHANTS:

CATS:LEOPARDS, TIGERS, LIONS, PUMAS....

BEARS:POLAR, GRIZZLY,..

DOGS: FOXES, WOLVES,..

WHALES & DOLPHINS:Porpoises,..

BATS:

MARSUPIALS: KANGAROOS, KOALAS,WALLABIES,..

REPTILES:LIZARDS, CHAMELEONS, ...

CROCODILES,ALLIGATORS,..

SNAKES: COBRA, VIPER,...

BIRDS: OSTRICHES, CUCKOO,KIWI, TOUCAN,...

BIRDS OF PREY: VULTURE, EAGLE,..

PENGUINS:

AMPHIBIANS:TOAD, BULLFROG,...

FISH:HERRING, CAVIAR, RAY,PIRANHA,..

SHARKS:BLUE SHARK, DOGFISH,...

INSECTS:

BUTTERFLIES:

SPIDERS:

MOLLUSCS & CRUSTACEANS:

 

B) Think about typical nature´s duels: snakes versus lizards; sharks v. crocs;hyenas v. lions; drangonflies v. wasps;..Give other examples...

 

C) ANIMAL SONGS:

 Here is a list of well-known songs about animals:

The bear went over the mountain

Oh Where, Oh Where has my little dog gone?

Baa-Baa Black sheep

Five little monkeys

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Six little ducks

The crocodile

This little pig

Mary had a little lamb

Pop goes the weasel

The animals went in two by two

The lion sleeps tonight

The eye of the tiger

 

(Now write other songs about animals) 

 

D) MUSIC TASK: Listen to Camille Saint Saëns´ famous piece of music Le Carnaval des animaux- The Carnival of Animals. See how many different animal sounds  you  can identify  

E) ANIMAL FILMS:

Which of the following have you seen and which animal is the main character?

Babe

Free Willy

Jaws

Bambi

Napoleon

Stuart Little

Lassi

101 Dalmatians

Beethoven

Animal Farm

The lion king

Twilight

 

F) YOUR PET(S) PROJECTS:

1) Fur, Feather and Fins

2)Most popular class pets

3) What´s that dog? On dogs´breeds

4) Pets that fly and swim

5) Keep your pets  happy(PDSA)

6) Contact a local charity involved in animal welfare

 

 

G) If you enjoy dinosaurs, which lived on our planet millions of years ago, and whose fate is a constant reminder to the human race, here´s a list for you to do as above:

 

PLESIOSAUR

BASILOSAURUS

DINICHTHYS

NOTHOSAURUS

DIPLOCAULUS

MASTODONSAURUS

EDAPHOSAURUS

APATOSAURUS

ALLOSAURUS

DIPLODOCUS

BRACHIOSAURUS

STEGOSAURUS

SCELIDOSAURUS

DIMORPHODON

PTERODACTYLUS

RHAMPHORHYNCHUS

GORGOSAURUS

TYRANNOSAURUS

SCOLOSAURUS

ANKYLOSAURUS

IGUANODON

CORYTHOSAURUS

TRICERATOPS

MONOCLONIUS

STYRACOSAURUS

ARCHAEOPTERYX

PTERANODON

ELASMOSAURUS

KRONOSAURUS

EOHIPPUS

BRONTOTHERIUM

MEGATHERIUM

ALTICAMELUS

DIATRYMA

INDRICOTHERIUM

DINOHYUS

COELACANTH (still exists miraculously)

TUATUARA               "                   "

 

H) Final projects: There are 33 car makes with names of animals. Can you tell us which company they belong to? For instance a beetle is a Volkswagen.

JAGUAR
BARRACUDA
BISON
BLUEBIRD
BRONCO
COBRA
LARK
SKYLARK
IMPALA
MUSTANG
SPIDER
THUNDERBIRD
WILDCAT

I) Which computer programmes have names of animals? 

J) An animal word pyramid:          OX

                                                          PIG

                                                         LAMB

                                                        LLAMA

                                                        BEAVER

                                                      CHEETAH

                                                   ANTELOPE

                                                   ALLIGATOR

                                                 RHINOCEROS

                                                ORANGOUTAN

                                               HIPPOPOTAMUS

                                              HUMPBACK WHALE

                                             SQUIRREL MONKEY

                                          DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS

                                                       

 

Advanced tasks K): List of animal sounds : If donkeys bray, horses neigh, goats bleat, snakes hiss and wolves howl; what do the following animals do?

HYENAS
PARROTS
ELEPHANTS
DUCKS
DOVES
MONKEYS
CATS
DOGS
PIGS
HUMANS

                        L)Collective nouns. If we speak of a shoal of fish or a herd of buffalo, what is the collective noun for a group of.....?

DOGS
PUPPIES
DUCKS
GORILLAS
LIONS
INSECTS
OXEN
REINDEER
SARDINES
WOLVES

                    M) Animal movements. If apes swing or climb; birds fly, and bears lumber or stamp..what do the following animals typically do?

DOGS

DONKEYS

EAGLES

FROGS

HENS/TURKEYS

HORSES

SEAGULLS

SNAKES

SWALLOWS 

FOXES 

HUMAN BEINGS

                    N) Here´s an incomplete list of scientists and philosophers who have defended animal rights and bioethics. Find out a bit more about them and give an oral presentation on their ideas:

 John Stuart Mills

Tom Regan

Jeremy Bentham

  D. Attenborough

Desmond Morris

Peter Singer

Jesús Mosterín

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

Rachel Carson

I. Kant

                    O)What does PETA, RSPCA, or  CITES mean? Discuss the use of laboratory animals for the testing of new drugs. Why, do you think RSPCA was founded decades before NSPCC?

                    P) Mythological animals. Can you describe the following mythical creatures?:

HYDRA

SATYR

SIREN

SCYLLA

MINOTAUR

CERBERUS

 

HATHOR

HORUS

ANUBIS

 

GANESH 

 

Q) WHICH ANIMALS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING ANCIENT GODS or GODDESSES:

 

THOR

ATHENEA

ODÍN

GULA

XI WANGMU

ANANSI

SHIVA

INARI OKAMI

NEPTUNE

EPONA

 

 

                    R) Write the names of ten fluffy animals , for instance: a koala 

                                                            "  small dogs,i.e.:pekingese,beagle,chihuahua

                                                             "     big   dogs: boxer, collie,lab, ibizan hound... 

                    S) CREATIVELY Name  pigs, dogs, cats, wolves,etc... as in a children´s tale. 

                   T) Invent AND draw any hybrid animal, real or fictitious: liger, tigon, gavilancejo,.. 

 

                    U) Animals and their young: If a dog has puppies and a cat has kittens, what do the following animals have:?

 

HORSES

KANGAROOS

LIONS

PIGS

SHEEP

SWANS

FROGS

CHICKENS

DEER

FOXES AND WOLVES (as lions  and leopards)

ANIMALS & THEIR FEMALES:

If  a female dog is a bitch, what is the female of the following:

DEER

FOX

GOAT

HORSE

LION

PEACOCK

PIG

RABBIT/RAT/KANGAROO/ SQUIRREL

CAMEL/WHALE/GIRAFFE/ELEPHANT

DONKEY

ANIMALS´HOMES: If an ant lives in a formicary or ant´s nest, Where do the following animals usually live?:

RABBIT

BADGER

BEAR /LION

BEE

EAGLE

MOLE

PENGUIN

SQUIRREL

TERMITE

WOLF/TIGER                      a lair

 

V)The following scientists have written in depth about animals: which ones have they devoted their lives to?:

DIAN FOSSEY

JOY ADAMSON

JANE GOODALL 

 

  W) There are animal folk tales from all over the world. In which country do you think the following stories took place?:

 

THE BUFFALO, THE COYOTE AND THE PEACE PIPE

THE MAGIC PONY

THE BIG BLACK BEAR

THE LIZARD AND THE COCKATOO

THE HARE AND THE LIONESS

THE DRAGONS OF PEKING

THE FIVE LITTLE FOXES AND THE TIGER

WHY THE HAWK IS THE HEN´S ENEMY

THE LION AND THE TURTLE

WHY RABBITS HAVE SHORT TAILS

 

X)Try to recall one of AEsop´s animal fables and tell us about it and the moral involved. 

 

Y) From Latin to modern names thanks to Linneus, which animals are they?:

 

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA

BUBO BUBO

MACROPUS GIGANTEUS

LEPUS SAXATILIS

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS

PAN TROGLODYTES

BASILISCUS BASILISCUS

VULPES VULPES

CANIS LUPUS

MARTES MARTES

LOXODONTA AFRICANA 

 

Z) LEGENDARY MONSTERS. Can you describe the following?:

 

KRAKEN

KHARANAKHARA

HERCINIA

FENRIR

KELPIE

LEPRECHAUN

ALICANTO 

 

*** ANIMAL SYMBOLS:

Which animal appears in the BACARDI LOGO?

   "        "              "           "   "   FERRARI    "  ?

   "         "             "           "   "  BRITISH WILDLIFE TRUST LOGO?

   "           "           "           "  CANADA?

   "           "           "            "  CHILE?

  "            "          "  THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY USA/ CATALONIA?

  "            "          "   LACOSTE?

  "           "           "  LLOYDS TSB?

  "           "            " MGM?

  "          "            " THE REPUBLICAN PARTY/ USA?

   "          "            "  SUZUKI?

   "          "            " WORLD WILDLIFE FUND?

 

***FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR CATS/DOGS

Find out the names of the pets the following famous people had:

EDGAR ALLAN POE

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

TENNESSEE WILIAMS

ANNE FRANK

WARREN BEATTY

JAMES DEAN

CHARLES DICKENS

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

MARILYN MONROE

SIR WALTER SCOTT 

 

ANIMAL SIMILES: We say "wise as an owl" or "as stubborn as a mule", FINISH THE following similes with animals:

AS ANGRY AS  A HORNET

AS BALD AS A ...................

AS BLIND AS A................

AS BRAVE AS A.................

AS BUSY AS A..................

AS DEAD AS A ................

AS DRUNK AS A .............

AS EAGER AS A .............

AS FREE AS A ................

AS HAIRY AS A..............

AS HAPPY AS A.............

AS HUNGRY AS A .........

AS LAME AS A ..............

AS LOOSE AS A............

AS MAD AS A...............

AS MEEK AS A............

AS POOR AS A............

AS PROUD AS A.........

AS SICK AS A............

AS SLOW AS A..........

AS SLIPPERY AS AN .....

AS SLY AS A ...............

AS SNUG AS A ....................

AS STRONG AS AN........

AS WEAK AS A................. 

 

WHICH ANIMALS ARE ON THE FOLLOWING FLAGS?:

ANDORRA

ECUADOR

MEXICO

SRI LANKA

WALES

DOMINICA

UTAH/ NEW YORK STATE/NORTH DAKOTA/ IOWA/ILLINOIS (the same)

 

SO;  DO YOU WANT A CAREER WITH ANIMALS?

Here´s a list for you to choose your ideal job:

Small/Large animal Veterinarian

Vet technician

Health Inspector

Zoo veterinary

Pet sitter // Pet exerciser

Horse farm owner

Bird handler/ Bird interpreter

Wildlife manager

Exotic animal Trainer

Dog Trainer/ Assistant dog trainer

Herpetologist

Marine mammals curator

Ostrich/Pig/Turkey/Sheep,etc.. Farmer

Pet/Cat/Dog/.. Hairdresser