GRADE 6 STEMCLASSIFY THIS!

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Classify This!The Animal Kingdom

In this lesson students will:

* Compare and contrast the various animals at the State Fair.

* Use visual representations to make connections, and create an

animal kingdom map or web for the animals found at the Fair.

* Create a poster that displays the animals of the State Fair,

complete with the proper Animal Kingdom names.

Number Systems and Graphic Organizers

* Driving Question: Why do we need a number system?

* Like scientists, mathematicians use classification systems

to describe, name, and categorize different types of

numbers.

* Today, Mr. Wifflebird just finished teaching his students

about three categories of numbers within the number

system– rational numbers, integers, and whole numbers.

This is the graphic organizer Mr. Wifflebird drew to show

the relationship between the three categories:

* Driving Question: How does this graphic organizer show the

relationship between rational numbers, integers, and whole

numbers?

Before You Go

The Animal Kingdom

* Watch the Classification of Living

Things video from YouTube: https://www.

youtube.com/watch?v=vqxomJIBGcY

* Let students know that even though there

are five kingdoms, you will be focusing

only on the Animal Kingdom, for now.

* Discuss the animals at the State Fair.

Look at the list of animals and begin a

class discussion about how they aren’t

JUST chickens, cows, goats, sheep, and

pigs: http://bigtex.com/livestock/

breeds/

Grade Six

STEM

With so many animals at the

Fair, it is hard to remember

them all! Each of them,

big and small, serves an

important role in the Animal

Kingdom.

Standards * Math TEKS: 6.1(D), 6.1(E), 6.1(G), 6.2(A)

* Science TEKS: 6.4(A), 6.4(E), 6.12(C),

6.12(D), 6.12(F) * Art TEKS: 6.1(A), 6.2(A), 6.2(C)

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Plan Your Route.

* From the Texas Star,

head around the back

of the Cotton Bowl

Stadium.

* Go to the Livestock

Barns.

* Wave hello to the

Woofus!

Classify This!The Animal KingdomGrade Six

STEM

Created by B. Ratliff using makebeliefscomix.com, June 23 2015

* Checking for

Understanding: Draw

a graphic organizer

to represent the

two examples Mr.

Wifflebird’s students

gave about music and

computers. What other

people/things could

be placed in those

graphic organizers?

* Driving Question: How

is classifying numbers

like classifying

animals?

Exhibits & Museums1 Hall of State Big Texas Music Exhibit2 Canstruction®

3 Women’s Museum Building Mundo Latino – Guitarras de Mexico Exhibit4 African American Museum5 Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park6 Dallas Police Mounted Unit7 D.A.R. House

8 Texas Discovery Gardens9 Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

10 Perot Museum Building11 Music Hall

FOOD FUN12 Creative Arts Building Competition Kitchen Celebrity Chef Kitchen Butter Sculpture

13 State Fair Wine Garden14 Magnolia Beer Garden15 Tower Building Food Court16 Beer Haven17 Texas Ice House

18 SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm19 Ranch Arena Pee Wee Stampede Horse & K-9 Demos

20 Little Hands on the Farm21 Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls22 Milking Demos23 Big Tex’s Farmyard

24 Livestock Guided ToursLivestock Area25 Livestock Judging Pavilion Livestock Shows

26 Cattle Barn No. 1

27 Cattle Barn No. 228 Horse Barn29 Swine Barn

30 Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC31 Chevrolet Main Stage

32 Dr Pepper Stage33 Bud Light Sound Stage

34 Coca-Cola Stage35 State Fair Wine Garden Stage36 Tree House Maestro

37 Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING38 Centennial Building39 Centennial Terrace

40 Craft Pavilion41 Food & Fiber Pavilion42 Embarcadero Building43 Coliseum Market Place44 Gateway Pavilion

45 Grand Place46 Grand Place Terrace47 Nimitz Terrace

48 Chevrolet Park Plaza49 Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites50 Esplanade

Mattress Firm Illumination SensationZuZu African Acrobats

51 Pan Am Arena Lone Star Horse Spectacular Pig Races Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show52 Band Shell

Wild West Pet Palooza53 Truck Zone Stage

54 Children’s Health Barnyard55 Texas Cultural Partnership

56 Kids’ Boardwalk Children’s Activities

Buford Buzzard57 Showplace Theater

World on a String58 Oak Farms Children’s Activity Center – New Location Backyard Circus

Mother Goose Story Time59 BMX Show

60 McDonald’s Stage Ronald McDonald Show

61 Midway Barker62 Errol McKoy Greenhouse on the Midway

Texas Garden Railway Tree Man Stilt Walker

Farmer Mike the Pumpkin CarverVROOM!

63 2016 State Fair Auto Show64 2016 State Fair Truck Zone65 Chevrolet Ride & Drive

66 Classic Corral

Exhibits & Museums1 Hall of State Big Texas Music Exhibit Canstruction ®

Women’s Museum Building Mundo Latino – Guitarras de Mexico Exhibit African American Museum Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

Dallas Police Mounted Unit D.A.R. House Texas Discovery Gardens Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Perot Museum Building Music Hall

FOOD FUN Creative Arts Building Competition Kitchen Celebrity Chef Kitchen Butter Sculpture State Fair Wine Garden Magnolia Beer Garden Tower Building Food Court Beer Haven

Texas Ice House SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm Ranch Arena Pee Wee Stampede Horse & K-9 Demos Little Hands on the Farm Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls Milking Demos

Big Tex’s Farmyard Livestock Guided ToursLivestock Area

Livestock Judging Pavilion Livestock Shows Cattle Barn No. 1

Cattle Barn No. 2 Horse Barn Swine Barn Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC Chevrolet Main Stage Dr Pepper Stage Bud Light Sound Stage Coca-Cola Stage State Fair Wine Garden Stage

Tree House Maestro Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING Centennial Building Centennial Terrace Craft Pavilion

Food & Fiber Pavilion Embarcadero Building Coliseum Market Place Gateway Pavilion Grand Place Grand Place Terrace Nimitz Terrace

Chevrolet Park Plaza Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites Esplanade Mattress Firm Illumination Sensation ZuZu African Acrobats Pan Am Arena Lone Star Horse Spectacular Pig Races Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show Band Shell Wild West Pet Palooza Kids’ Boardwalk Children’s Activities Buford Buzzard McDonald’s Stage Ronald McDonald Show

Children’s Health Barnyard Truck Zone Stage Showplace Theater World on a String Oak Farms Children’s Activity Center – New Location Backyard Circus Mother Goose Story Time Errol McKoy Greenhouse on the Midway Texas Garden Railway Tree Man Stilt Walker Farmer Mike the Pumpkin Carver BMX Show Midway Barker

Texas Cultural Partnership

VROOM!

2016 State Fair Auto Show

2016 State Fair Truck Zone

Chevrolet Ride & Drive

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Wheelchair Access Baby Care CenterTDDY Phone

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TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Optional Materials to Bring

* Pen/Pencil

* Colored Pencils

* Science Notebook or Paper

* Smartphone/Tablet/Camera

* Sketchbook for Arts Connection

While You’re There

The goal of your visit is to gather information on as many

animals in the Livestock Barns as you can.

Classify This!The Animal KingdomGrade Six

STEM

ART• Sketch or take photos of

animals so you remember them for your project!

ANIMAL

CLASSIFICATION

• As you visit the livestock

pens, take note of the

different animals.

• Write down what it is (cow,

sheep, chicken, pig, or

goat).

• If there is a tag, write

down the breed of cow,

sheep, chicken, pig, or

goat.

• How would you describe

each of the animals?

• Is it a mammal?

• What shape are the feet?

• Does it lay eggs or give birth

to live young?

• What characteristics do the

animals have in common?

• What characteristics make

the animals different?

• How would you classify

or group the animals you

observed?

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

• Begin with the Animal

Kingdom. Then, work your

way down through the

taxonomy chart dividing

the animals by phylum,

class, order, family,

genus, and species.

• The students’ taxonomy

web will look similar to

the example below, except

that it will contain

animal names.

GRAPHIC

ORGANIZER

• Create your own graphic

organizer to show how

you would classify the

animals you observed at

the State Fair of Texas.

• How is your graphic

organizer similar to

Mr. Wifflebird’s graphic

organizer used to classify

numbers? How is it

different? ANIMAL KINGDOM MAP/WEB• Use your notes and

pictures from the Fair as

well as Internet resources

to create an Animal Kingdom Map or Web for

the animals found at the

Fair.• Complete your map on poster board or on a Prezi

to present to the class.

Checking for

Understanding:

• Share your State

Fair of Texas graphic

organizer with another

classmate.

• Ask him/her to tell you

where certain animals

should be placed

within your graphic

organizer.

After the Fair

* When you return to class following your

State Fair visit, you will:

* Create a graphic organizer to classify the

animals you discovered at the Fair.

* Map out an Animal Kingdom web on poster

board or using a computer.

* Design an artistic poster of the animals

you found.

* How could you combine these three goals

into one awesome project?!

* Note: there are only two species of domestic cattle, one specie of sheep, one specie of

chicken, one specie of domestic pig, and one specie of goat.

* Although animal breeds are not part of the taxonomy chart, students may have fun and get extra

practice with classification by listing breeds, as well.

Classify This!The Animal KingdomGrade Six

STEM

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Classify This!The Animal KingdomGrade Six

STEM

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Arts Connection: “Animals of the State Fair” PosterGrade Six

STEM In this lesson students will:

* Create an “Animals of the State Fair” poster.

Before You Go

Prior to visiting the Texas State Fair:

* Review the classification levels from the

Science lesson. https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=vqxomJIBGcY.

* Show the students some examples of “Animals of

the World” posters.

* UK illustrator Andy Ward has created a fantastic

“Animals of the World” series of posters.

* Informative posters include images of various

animals that live in regions of the world.

* Visit the following link with the students and

discuss how the artist displays the animals

and uses colors and balance to create a

successful artwork.

* http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/

andy-ward-natural-history-poster-series

* Be sure to draw attention to the fact that the

artist includes the common name and the

scientific name of each animal.

* There are also some drawing tips at the bottom of

the page!

While You’re There

As you make your way through the livestock

barns, take notes of all of the different

animals you see, including the various

breeds. If possible, stop and create sketches

of each animal, or take a photo for later

reference.

* Do any of these animals look familiar?

* Are there some that you have never seen

before?

* How would you group these on a poster

to make it easy for the viewer to tell

the difference between the various

breeds of the same animal?

“Iguana” by Andy Ward

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Arts Connection: “Animals of the State Fair” PosterGrade Six

STEM After the Fair

When you return to the classroom, create an “Animals of the

State Fair” poster!

* Using a poster board, plan where you will place your

animals.

* It might be easiest to, first, see how many animals you

will place on your poster; then, place a small dot

where each animal will go. That way, you can spread

them out evenly and create a nice, balanced artwork.

* Create a small sketch of your animals in pencil , first.

* It’s always a good idea to do a drawing in pencil before

going over it in marker, just in case you need to erase.

* Once you have drawn all of your animals, research their

scientific names.

* First, write the common name of the animal, such as “cow”.

* Then, write the kingdom under that, then phylum, then

class.

* Don’t forget to add color and a title to your poster.

* It might be a good idea to revisit the posters you reviewed

in class, to refresh your memory.

* Have fun with this, and be as creative as possible!