Animal Anatomy Lesson Plans

This lesson has learners explore biology by completing an animal anatomy activity. In this horse lesson, learners utilize the Internet to view the bone structure of a horse. This lesson has learners identify a list of anatomy vocabulary on the horse and view the muscular system as well.

Learners explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy lesson, learners read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Learners examine a real life animal and answer study questions about its characteristics.

In this lesson students investigate Ostermiller's sculpture, "Scottish Angus Cow and Calf." In this visual arts lesson, students compare the size of the sculpture to real life and identify an animal they would like to see in gigantic form.

In this lesson learners compare and contrast the characteristics of plants and animals. In this ecology lesson, learners observe the outdoors and describe the relationship among different living things. They relate plant diversity with animal diversity.

This lesson has learners investigate biology by identifying anatomical body parts. In this adaptation lesson, learners discuss why certain animals have very specific features which allows their survival in the wild. This lesson has learners read the book Stone Fox, complete an animal research project and discuss a specific animal and their adaptation over history.

In this lesson students explore nature by creating a model rainforest in class. In this rainforest research lesson, students utilize arts and crafts to recreate a scene of the rainforest including a monkey, trees, shrubbery and other animals. In this lesson students utilize wikki stix to create the animals used in the model.

Students gain an understanding of how individual organisms adapt and relate to an environment. By picking a real biome and environment, the "animal" that students create needs to match all of its life systems to a particular area.

In this lesson students evaluate biology by identifying animal anatomy. In this animal characteristic lesson, students examine pictures of horses, rabbits, bees and other animals while discussing their method of transportation. In this lesson students listen to an animal song and sing-a-long in class.

In this lesson students compare bird skeletons with dinosaur bones. In this dinosaur and anatomy lesson, students listen to the book The Field Mouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue by Jan Wahl and generate memories of what they saw at a field trip to the Field Museum. In this lesson students work with a partner to complete a worksheet in which they shade bones from a bird skeleton with the same color pencil as matching dinosaur bones. In this lesson students compare and contrast their findings.

This lesson has learners draw and sculpt animals in motion. In this artistic drawing lesson, learners are introduced to art depicting arrested motion, then observe and sketch animals in motion and use the drawing as they create a balanced sculpture.