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Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals. What does it mean?. Nocturnal. – active at night. Diurnal. – active during the day. Crepuscular. – active at dawn and dusk. Can you name any nocturnal animals?. Hedgehog. Barn owl. Greater horseshoe bat. Red fox. Badger. Rabbit. Senses. What senses do we have?.

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Nocturnal Animals

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  1. Nocturnal Animals

  2. What does it mean? Nocturnal – active at night Diurnal – active during the day Crepuscular – active at dawn and dusk

  3. Can you name any nocturnal animals? Hedgehog Barn owl Greater horseshoe bat Red fox Badger Rabbit

  4. Senses What senses do we have? Sight Hearing Smell Taste Touch

  5. Sight Philippine tarsier

  6. Hearing Barn owl Bat-eared fox

  7. Smell / Taste Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake Great spotted kiwi

  8. Touch Star-nosed mole Rabbit

  9. Some weird ones… Greater horseshoe bat Uses echolocation to find its way round inside caves and to find food

  10. Some weird ones… Mexican tetra (blind cave fish) Uses a lateral line system (like a force field) to find its way round its caves without bumping into things!

  11. Some weird ones… Aye- aye Only found in forests on Madagascar Uses long middle finger to find grubs to eat

  12. Activity 1 - Feely Bags - Working in small groups you will each be given a numbered bag - Without looking, put your hand inside and see what you can feel - What does it feel like? - Describe what you can feel - Can you guess what it is? ?

  13. Activity 1 - Feely Bags TEXTURE WEIGHT SHAPE rough circular firm feathery smooth elastic prickly soft thin fragile lumpy heavy spiky uneven light squashy round fluffy rubbery bumpy spongy big solid cold leathery furry hard square bendy triangular thick small velvety woolly

  14. Activity 2 – Name that sound - We will play a number of different animal sounds - You have to match the sound to one of the animals on your sheet - Write the number of the sound next to the picture of the animal you think it matches

  15. Summary What can you remember about nocturnal animals? Can you name some examples of nocturnal animals?

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