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Class: Fourth Grade Science Lesson Title: Introduction to Australian Animals

Class: Fourth Grade Science Lesson Title: Introduction to Australian Animals Text Reference: Internet

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Class: Fourth Grade Science Lesson Title: Introduction to Australian Animals

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  1. Class: Fourth Grade Science Lesson Title: Introduction to Australian Animals Text Reference: Internet Objective: Students will divide into small groups and choose an Australian animal to analyze using these four categories: habitat, diet, physical characteristics, and something unique about that animal.

  2. Australian Animals Kangaroo Koala Kookaburra Platypus Tasmanian Devil

  3. What makes a kangaroo a kangaroo? *Strong back legs and long back feet *Ability to hop *Tail helps in balance during hopping *Inability to walk backwards Kangaroo

  4. A Kangaroo can… *be almost 7 feet tall *weigh almost 200 pounds

  5. Koala Did you know… *They eat leaves and shoots from eucalyptus trees. *They are marsupials, meaning they have a pouch. *They live in societies like humans. *There fur is thick and normally ash gray.

  6. Koalas eat 7-17 ounces of eucalyptus leaves per day. There are over 600 kinds of eucalyptus trees in Australia, but the koala will eat very few of them.

  7. The kookaburra *Can live 20 or more years *Live in the woodlands, forests and suburban areas *Are known for their laugh Kookaburra

  8. Platypus *They live in the lakes and streams of eastern Australia *They are shy animals and seldom seen. *They have webbed feet, a bill like a duck’s and a tail like a beaver’s.

  9. Tasmanian Devil *They are not aggressive until it comes to food.*Their scream and fierce look gave them the name Devil. *They are nocturnal *They are usually black with a white “collar” around its neck *They are found only on the island of Tasmania

  10. Thanks for joining us in the tour. Australian Animal

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