Animals in Winter

Introduction

ANIMALS IN WINTER

Process

ANIMALS IN WINTER

You have just read "Animals in Winter" with Mr. Patterson.  Follow the directions below.

1.  Click http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/animals.html and write on your paper the three ways animals cope with the winter.

2.  You read about monarch butterflies.  Click http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/monarch-life-cycle-coloring.html to find and record the cycle of monarch butterflies. 

3.  You read about bats in caves.  Click http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/bats/facts5.htm and record one bat fact!

4.  You read about woodchucks.  Find another name for a woodchuck here: http://www.havahart.com/groundhog-facts

5.  You read about pikas.  Go http://a-z-animals.com/animals/pika/.  Find out what pika's eat and what eats them!

6.  Watch one of the following videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7jHuQEO_EA ; http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/squirrel_white ; http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/weirdest-flying-squirrelv ; and record one interesting fact about squirrels.

7.  Go to http://www.onekind.org/be_inspired/animals_a_z/mouse/ and record how whiskers help mice. 

8.  Different members of a group of deer are called different names.  Go to http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/deer.html and find the names of each member of the group.

9.  Hares and rabbits are different.  Find the difference here : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-an…

10.  Even though foxes are part of the dog family, they are more like cats.  Find out exactly how they are like cats here : https://kidskonnect.com/animals/fox/