1G15/G16/G18/G19 – Types of Animals

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Class Summary

Students should leave the class understanding that Jehovah created different kinds of animals. They should know the six animal classes and understand the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate.

Lesson Slide

1G15/G16/G18/G19 – Types of Animals

Main Teaching Points

Explain: Jehovah created the animals. There are many different types of animals.
Explain: There are six animal classes: mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, fish
Scientists put all of the animals into two groups: vertebrate and invertebrate
Explain: A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone. An invertebrate is an animal with no backbone.
Explain: A squirrel is a vertebrate. A dolphin is a vertebrate. A worm in an invertebrate.
Explain: Fish are vertebrates. Fish have a skeleton to support their bodies. Fish need to live in water. Fish have gills that help them to breathe underwater. Fish have fins to help them swim. Fish have scales all over their bodies.
Explain: Amphibians are animals that live part of their lives in the water and part of their lives on land.
Amphibians have webbed feet that help them to swim in the water. And they have strong legs to help them hop around on land.
Explain: Fish, amphibians and reptiles are all cold-blooded.
Explain: Birds lay eggs. Birds have bodies that are covered in feathers. Jehovah created birds with wings covered in feathers so that they could use them to fly. Feathers also help birds to stay warm and dry. Birds are warm-blooded.
Warm-blooded means that an animal can make its own body heat.
Explain: Mammals have backbones. Mammals are warm-blooded too. Mammals have fur or hair. Some have so little that you can’t see it and some have a lot!
Explain: People are mammals too. Mammals feed their babies milk. The blue whale is the largest mammal on earth.
Explain: Insects have two eyes like us, but their eyes are different from our eyes. A human eye only has one lens. An insect eye has many lenses so they are called compound eyes.
Explain: Insects have two antennae on their heads. They use their antennae to smell things.
Insects like bees and wasps have a stinger at the bottom of their abdomen.
The stomach and heart are inside of the insect’s abdomen.
Explain: Insects are cold-blooded and have exoskeletons. I.stead of having bones on the inside like we do, it’s like they have bones on the outside of their body.
Explain: Insects have six legs. Insects lay eggs.

Discussion Questions

Who made the animals?
Are all of the animals the same?
What is a vertebrate?
What is an invertebrate?
Who can think of an animal that is a vertebrate?
Who can think of an animal that is an invertebrate?
Where do fish live?
Where does a tadpole live?
Why do frogs have webbed feet?
Why do frogs have strong legs?
What does cold-blooded mean?
What are birds covered in?
What do feathers help birds with?
What does warm-blooded mean?
What is a mammal?
Can you name an insect?
What are the 3 parts of an insect body?
How many legs do insects have?

In-Class Activities

Draw an invertebrate or vertebrate: Have students draw a picture of an animal and identify whether or not it’s a vertebrate or invertebrate.
Draw an animal: Have students draw a picture of an animal and identify whether or not it’s a bird or mammal.
Draw an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore: Have students draw a picture of an animal and identify whether or not it’s an herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.
Is It An Insect?: Have a game where you show them different creatures and they have to guess whether or not a creature is an insect.