Let's Get to Know Animals Around Us PDF

# Let's Get to Know Animals Around Us ## **Let's Get to Know** - Animals live and grow in places that can provide for their needs. - Some animals can live in two or three types of terrestrial habitats. - For example, a lion can live in grasslands, forests, and even deserts. - Snakes can live...

# Let's Get to Know Animals Around Us ## **Let's Get to Know** - Animals live and grow in places that can provide for their needs. - Some animals can live in two or three types of terrestrial habitats. - For example, a lion can live in grasslands, forests, and even deserts. - Snakes can live in different terrestrial habitats as well. ## **Aquatic Habitats** - Most of Earth is covered in water. - Different kinds of animals live in different types of aquatic habitats - habitats found in water. - Aquatic habitats can be found in rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, seas, and oceans. ## **Rivers and Streams** - Rivers and streams are freshwater habitats that have flowing water. - They can be wide and deep or narrow and shallow. - The water in a river flows into the sea or ocean. - Catfish, carp, eels, goldfish, and crocodiles are examples of animals that live in rivers or streams. ## **Piranha** - Did you know that piranhas rarely attack humans? - Piranhas are fish with very sharp teeth and a big appetite for meat. - They may look scary, but they are not as fierce as movies make them. - Most piranhas eat dead animals rather than live animals. - Piranhas live in rivers and streams. ## **Let's Try This!** - **Creativity**: Choose one terrestrial habitat. Create a diorama to show the animals that live in your chosen habitat. Present your output to the class. ## **Let's Watch This** - **Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park**: The seas in and around the Philippines are rich in colourful coral reefs. One of the famous coral reefs in the country is the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Palawan. - Watch a video of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and list in your notebook the animals that you see. ## **Let's Get to Know** - **Carmen Velasquez (1913-1994):** A Filipino scientist known for her studies on parasites in fishes. She discovered 32 new species of parasites in fishes. She was named as a National Scientist of the Philippines in 1983. ## **Ponds and Lakes** - Ponds and lakes are enclosed bodies of freshwater. - A pond is shallow, while a lake is deep. - Clams, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, fishes, frogs, and some kinds of turtles are examples of animals that live in ponds and lakes. ## **Let's Get to Know** - **Hippopotamus**: A semi-aquatic animal that lives partly on land and partly in water. Hippopotamuses are found in the hot parts of Africa. To keep cool, they stay in rivers or lakes for up to 16 hours a day. They eat grass and root crops such as potatoes and camote tops. ## **Oceans and Seas** - Oceans and seas are bodies of salt water. - They have a high salt content. The ocean is the largest body of water. - Seas are bodies of salt water that are part of an ocean. - Dolphins, whales, sharks, octopuses, seahorses, jellyfish, starfish, stingrays, and sea urchins are found in oceans and seas. ## **Let's Link to Culture** - **Shadow Puppetry**: A form of art that uses the shadows of the hands and other objects to create an image. Using the hands people can create images of different animals. Watch a video on how shadow puppetry is done, then perform your own shadow play in class using the image of a specific animal. ## **Body Parts for Moving** - Some animals, such as dogs, cows, lions, and elephants, use their legs to walk and run. - Others, such as grasshoppers, kangaroos, and rabbits, use their long hind legs to hop or jump. ## **Let's Try This!** - **Smart Word**: Make a photo album featuring the different animals living in the oceans and seas. Collect at least 10 pictures of aquatic animals, and paste them on a short bond paper. Write captions for each photo to describe the animal. Your output will be displayed in a gallery walk. ## **Frogs and Lizards** - Frogs and lizards use their long sticky tongues to catch insects. ## **Octopuses and Squids** - Octopuses and squids use their tentacles to catch and grab food such as crabs, clams, and small fishes. ## **Bats, Butterflies, Bees, and Dragonflies** - Bats, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, and some birds fly. - These animals use their wings for flying. - Can you give other examples of animals that fly? ## **Ducks** - Ducks use their webbed feet to walk on the ground and to swim and float in water. ## **Fishes** - Fishes, such as clownfish, milkfish, whales, and dolphins use their fins and tails to swim. ## **Earthworms** - Earthworms use their setae, or the muscles along their bodies, and tiny hairs, to crawl on the ground and burrow into the soil. ## **Let's Review** 1. **Put a check mark in the correct box to describe how each animal moves** - a. Bee: ▢ fly ▢ hop ▢ swim - b. Rabbit: ▢ crawl ▢ fly ▢ hop - c. Snail: ▢ crawl ▢ fly ▢ run - d. Tiger: ▢ crawl ▢ fly ▢ walk - e. Turtle: ▢ fly ▢ hop ▢ swim 2. **Fill out the table below with the correct body parts each of the animals uses for moving around and for getting food.** | Animal | For Moving Around | For Getting Food | |---|---|---| | Eagle | | Beak | | Goat | | | | Shark | Fins and tail | | ## **Body Parts of Animals and Their Functions** - Animals have different body parts. They use these body parts to get food and to move around. ### **Body Parts for Getting Food** - Different animals use different body parts in getting food. - **Goats, Cows, and Giraffes**: Use their flat teeth to cut and chew grass. - **Lions and Tigers**: Use their sharp, pointed teeth called canines to tear meat into smaller pieces. Can you name other animals that use their canines in getting food? - **Chickens, Ducks, and Other Birds**: Use their bills or beaks to pick up food such as seeds, worms, and small fishes. Eagles use their sharp claws to catch small animals. # **Let's Hit This Goal** - **Know the importance of plants (YNW2LT-IIj-11)** - **Identify the basic needs of plants (YNW2LT-IIj-12)** - **Enumerate ways to care for plants (YNW2LT-IIj-13)** ## **Importance and Care for Plants** - Can you imagine life without plants? What do you think would happen if there were no plants? ### **Importance of Plants** - Plants provide humans and animals with food, shelter, clothing, and even medicine. - They help prevent flooding when the rain is heavy. ### **Food** - The fruits and vegetables on your table come from plants. - Different parts of plants can be eaten. Carrot, radish, and potato come from the roots of plants. ### **Medicine** - Plants can also be used as alternative medicines. These plants are called medicinal plants. # **Let's Hit This Goal** - **Identify the different habitats of plants (YNW2LT-IIj-10)** ## Plant Habitats - Plants grow in different places. - There are plants that grow on land. They are called terrestrial plants. - Can you name plants that live on land? - Other plants grow in different bodies of water. They are called aquatic plants. - Water lilies and mangrove trees are examples of aquatic plants. ## **Building Materials** - Trees, bamboo, and other plants with hard and sturdy stems give wood. - Wood is used as a building material for houses and furniture. - It is also made into different items, such as paper and pencils. ## **Clothes** - The clothes you wear come from plants too! - The fibers of pineapple leaves and abaca leaves are turned into cloth. - Cotton cloth comes from the cotton plant. ## **Air** - Plants provide us with oxygen. Oxygen is a gas present in the air you breathe. Humans and animals need oxygen to live. ## **Let's Try This!** - What do plants give animals and humans? - From old newspapers or magazines, cut out pictures of the things that plants give us. - **Safety Tips**: Be careful when using scissors. Ask your teacher or an adult for assistance. ## **Let's Link to Culture** - **Tinikling**: A dance that originated during the Spanish era. It is performed be dancers hopping and dancing in between two bamboo poles that two people tap on the ground or against each other. - Can you do the tinikling? - Watch the video to learn more about it. ## **Needs of Plants** - Plants have needs too. Take care of plants and help them grow healthy. Can you name the things that plants need? - **Plants need water**: They get water when it rains. They also get water from under the ground. Plants in the garden and in the fields must be given water every day. - **Plants need good soil**: The soil provides the water and nutrients they need in order to grow healthy. - **Plants need enough sunlight to make their own food**: - **Plants need enough space for them to breathe and grow better**: - **Plants need air**: Air is needed when plants make their own food. - **Plants must be protected from harmful insects and germs**: - In what other ways can you take care of plants? ## **Plants have different parts, such as the roots, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit.** ## **Let's Check** - **Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each number.** - 1. Which plant part makes food for the plants? - ▢ a. Flower - ▢ b. Leaf - ▢ c. Stem - 2. Which is not true about the roots of plants? - ▢ a. All plant roots can be eaten. - ▢ b. Roots prevent soil from being carried away. - ▢ c. Roots help plants absorb nutrients and water from the soil. - 3. Which of the following does *not* come from plants? - ▢ a. - ▢ b. - ▢ c. ## **Plants grow in different habitats. Terrestrial plants grow on land, aquatic plants grow in water, and aerial plants hang from trees.** ## **Plants are important! They give us food, medicine, building materials, clothing, and oxygen.** ## **Plants need water, soil, sunlight, and air.** ## **Guava Leaves** - Guava leaves can be used for toothaches and swollen gums. ## **Ginger** - Ginger can be used to treat coughs and soothe a sore throat. ## **Gumamela Flowers** - Gumamela flowers can lessen swelling around boils or pus-filled bumps on the skin. ## **Malunggay** - Malunggay is used to treat constipation. ## **Mayana Leaves** - Mayana leaves are used to treat swelling caused by a sprain. ## **Let's Check** - **Write T if the statement is true, and F if false.** - ▢ 1. Plants can give us medicine. - ▢ 2. Plants differ in size and color. - ▢ 3. All plants have leaves, stems, and roots. - ▢ 4. Kelp and seagrass are found on land. - ▢ 5. Banana plants have small, short leaves. ## **Let's Hit This Goal** - **Describe animals in their immediate surroundings (YNW2LT-IID-5)** ## **Animal Habitats** - A habitat is a place where animals live. - A habitat provides animals with the things they need to survive. - Different animals live in different habitats. - There are terrestrial and aquatic habitats for animals. ### **Terrestrial Habitats** - Terrestrial habitats are on land. - There are different types of terrestrial habitats. #### **Farm** - A farm is a land area used for growing vegetables and fruits and for raising animals. - Some animals found on farms are cows, goats, and chickens. - Can you name other farm animals? #### **Forest** - A forest is another type of terrestrial habitat. - It is rich in woody and tall trees and other kinds of plants. - Many wild animals live in forests. - Deer, tarsiers, monkeys, and owls are found in forests.