Animals & pets
Meet baby animals, learn to care for pets and sort the animal kingdom.
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- Lesson 1 · EYFS · 10 min
Baby animals
Match animals with their babies.
Learn: Many animal babies have special names. A baby cat is a kitten, a baby dog is a puppy, a baby sheep is a lamb and a baby cow is a calf.
Try it: Draw a mummy animal and its baby and say the baby's name.
Check: What is a baby sheep called?
A lamb
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- Lesson 2 · KS1 · 15 min
Caring for a pet
List what pets need to be healthy and happy.
Learn: Pets need food, fresh water, a safe home, exercise, gentle handling and visits to the vet. Looking after a pet is a big responsibility shared with grown-ups.
Try it: Make a care chart for a real or imaginary pet.
Check: Name three things every pet needs.
Any three of food, water, shelter, exercise, care and the vet
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- Lesson 3 · KS2 · 20 min
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Sort animals by whether they have a backbone.
Learn: Vertebrates have a backbone: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Invertebrates have no backbone: insects, spiders, worms, snails and jellyfish. Most animal species on Earth are invertebrates.
Try it: Sort twelve animal pictures into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Check: Is a spider a vertebrate?
No — it is an invertebrate, it has no backbone
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