MAmmalogy Ecofriends Lesson

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MATH SUPPLIES

o Graphing paper (any paper can work)

o Pencil

o Ruler (optional)

o Crayons/markers (optional)

ART SUPPLIES

o Paper (computer or construction)

o Pencil, crayons, markers, coloring pencils

o Magazines (optional)

o Glue (optional)

o Scissors (optional)

GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES

ECOLOGIST SCHOOL

Mammalogy

AGENDA

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Introduction

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What is mammalogy?

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Hands-On STEAM Activities:
•Math: Graphing Speed

•Art: Camouflaged Animals

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Storytime

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Wrap Up

WELCOME TO ECOLOGIST
SCHOOL

What is Ecologist School?

Ecologist School is a hands-on curriculum

developed by Families in Nature (based in Texas)

that engage children in 16 types of environmental

sciences. Through these hands-on STEAM

activities, children work their way towards earning

patches.

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WHAT IS MAMMALOGY?

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Characteristics of Mammals:
Warm-blooded, vertebrate, hair/fur, uses milk to nourish their young, and typically gives birth to live young

THE BRANCH OF ZOOLOGY THAT STUDIES MAMMALS

Categorize

Options (8)

Categorize the animals

mammals

other animals

MAMMALOGY VIDEO

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/mammals/movie

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Multiple Choice

What characteristic helped mammals out survive dinosaurs?

• producing milk for supporting infants

• hard scale-like skin(covering)

• feathers for light aviary lift for flight

• no vertebrae

STEAM ACTIVITY: MATH

Find out what mammal can run the fastest. Then

research the maximum speed of at least three

other mammals. Graph these results.

Then, visit somewhere where you can run fast and

have someone time you for a specific distance.

Graph your own speed compared to the fastest

mammals. How did your speed compare with the

animals in your graph? How did your speed

compare to any family members or friends you

raced?

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remember distance/time
kilometer per hour(km/hr)

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​How to make a graph with comparing animal speeds

Labelling

Match the animals to the accurate speeds

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Indo-pacific Sailfish

Cheetah

springbok

Dark Sword-grass

STEAM ACTIVITY:

MATH

Science Speed: Many think that the
fastest animal on land is the
cheetah, clocking speeds of up to
75 mpg. However, this newly
recorded fastest animal doesn't
run at all, it flies! Austin's very
own Mexican free-tailed bats are
the fastest mammal on land. New
research shows that Mexican free-
tailed bats reach speeds of
100mph routinely each night,
making them easily the fastest
land (or sky) mammal!

QUICK POLL: PICK A MAMMAL FOR US TO

GRAPH

https://forms.gle/seQdw4SNxKqQms4L9

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MAMMALS & THEIR TOP SPEEDS

75.0

100.0

33.0
30.0

15.0

31.0

0.2

12.0

35.0

22.0

24.0

43.0

20.0

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20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

Cheetah

Mexican

Free-Tailed

Bat

Grey Wolf

Horse

Grey

Squirrel

Red Fox

Three Toed

Sloth

Raccoon

Tiger

Platypus

Red Panda Kangaroo Koala Bear

Sprint Speed (mph)

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STEAM ACTIVITY:

ART

Science Speed: Camouflage is an adaptation that
allows some animals to blend in with certain parts
of their environment. Camouflage is not only used
to disguise animals from predators, but it is also
used by many predators as tool for hunting,
hiding from their prey. There are 4 basic types of
camouflage:

1.Concealing coloration (hiding against a
background of the same color, ex. polar
bears)

2.Disruptive coloration (spots, stripes and
other patterns that disguise an animal's body
shape, ex. zebras)

3.Disguise (like #1, but with textures and
shapes, ex. walking stick bug)

4.Mimicry (copying characteristics of
unappetizing animals, ex. the viceroy
butterfly looks just like its toxic cousin, the
monarch)

STEAM ACTIVITY: ART

Think about the wild patterns that mammals

sometimes use as camouflage, such as zebra

stripes and cheetah spots. How do these

contrasting patterns create camouflage? Create an

imaginary animal, then draw the habitat that your

imaginary animal might live in. What would its

fur look like to camouflage it to its habitat?

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MAMMALS IN CAMOUFLAGE

ZEBRA

ARTIC HARE

KANGAROO

TIGER

CHEETAH

GREY SQUIRREL

COYOTE

MOUNTAIN LION

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STORYTIME

Over and Under the
Rainforest by Kate Messner

WANT TO EARN THE
MAMMALOGY PATCH?

Email Erica Lanier to be
added to the official
monthly Ecologist School
club!

[e-mail]

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THANK

Erica Lanier

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Alfred Allen [e-mail]

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