Ear To Ear

Are these animals looking funny ? The artist has drawn wrong ears on the heads of the animals. Give correct ears to the animals in the space given below.

Ö Different animals have different kinds of ears. Among the animals given below, which one have ears that you can see? In which animal can you not see the ears? Write in the table below.

Animals     whose    ears   we can     see                                           Animals     whose    ears    we can not   see

Do you think that the animals whose ears we can not see, really do not have ears?

Let us observe this picture

Name the animals in the pictures.

Can you see their ears?

they all have ears, even though we can not see them.

Ö Find out some other animals which have ears that we can not see. Write their names

You know very well that ears help us to hear. In some animals you can see the ears, in some you can not. We can not see a bird’s ears. A bird has tiny holes on both sides of its head. Generally, the holes are covered with feathers. They help the bird to hear.If you look carefully, you will see tiny holes on a lizard’s head. These are its ears.A crocodile also has ears like this, but we can not see them easily.

Whose  Skin

Now you know how to recognise animals by their ears. Let us see if we can recognise animals by their skin.

Match the animals shown here with the pictures of their skin. Make the correct pattern of the skin on the picture of each animal.

The different patterns on the animals are due to the hair on their skin.Have you ever seen an animal without hair or whose hair have been removed? Imagine how the animal would look if it did not have any hair on its skin. There would be no patterns!

You might have seen some of the animals given below.

Fox               Elephant            Sparrow                 Pigeon Frog             Crow                                 

Mouse         Cat                      Buffalo                    Duck                           Peacock 

Hen              Camel                Lizard                       Cow                              Pig

Put the names of the animals in the table below.

In which list did you put the cow and the buffalo? From a distance, can you see the hair on their skin? Try to go near one of them. Could you see the hair ?

If you were to meet an elephant, would you dare to touch it?

Do you know that an elephant also has hair on its skin.

Can you tell which of the animals mentioned in the list lay eggs? Find out and write the names of these animals in the box.

Now, look again at the table on the previous page. Draw a line under the names of animals whose names are in the green box. Put a circle around the names of those animals whose names are in the red box.So, what did you note? Those animals whose ears you can see have hair on their body. These animals give birth to the young ones. Those animals that do not have ears on the outside, do not have hair on their body. These animals lay eggs

Ö Have you seen animals around your house or school that have small babies? Write their names in your notebook.

Ö Have you ever kept a pet? Does anyone you know keep a pet?

Ö Find out more about the pet.

Ö  Which animal is it?

Ö Look at this picture. Colour the parts which have even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8…). What do you see? Find out the name of the animal.

Many many years ago there were dinosaurs on earth, but not any more. Now we see them in films, photos and books. Find out more about dinosaurs and share with your friends.

Have you seen any animal that looks a little like dinosaur ? Do you know its name?

Find out from your elders?

Ö Look at this animal. Write its name. Do you know that this is our National Animal?

Ö Where does it live?

The numbers of this animal are going down in India. Discuss why this could be happening ?

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