1. SIMILAR CREATURES WITHDIFFERENT FEATURES By: Gabriela DelValle

2. OVERVIEW: Similar Creatures with Different Features is a first grade sciencelesson teaching students about similar types of felines and theirdifferent characteristics such as body shape, coloring and huntingstyles. We will be reviewing 4 felines from all around the world. Wherethey live, what they eat, and their physical characteristics are justa few topics to be discussed. After learning the differences, there will be a short quiz at the endof the power point where the students can show what theylearned. 3. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? At this age, students need to learn the basic needs for livingthings. This lesson will teach them what felines need to survive, and howtheir environment affects their characteristics. After viewing this presentation, students will be able to tell thedifference between the felines and some facts about them. Theywill also learn some new vocabulary about animals they might nothave known. 4. KEY TERMS: Feline: Belonging or pertaining to the cat family. Carnivorous: Flesh-eating Retractable: Able to withdraw. Camouflage: Concealment by some means that alters orobscures the appearance. Predator: Any organism that exists by preying upon otherorganisms Prey: An animal hunted or seized for food. 5. LIONSHABITAT APPEARANCE HUNTING TYPE OTHER FACTSGeographicallyTallest of all Female lions doLive up to 10-14distributed inliving cats. the majority ofyears.most sub-the huntingSaharan eastColors vary from because they are Second largestand southernlight buff,smaller andcat.Africa. yellowish, swifter.reddish or dark Lions can hearTypically inhabit brown. They hunt in prey from a milesavanna andgroups to take away.grassland.Males anddown largerfemales look animals, such as A lions roar canLive in prides. different. Males zebras, boarsbe heard fromhave a large and buffalo. five miles awaymane making thelion appearThey need to belarger.close to their prey. 6. TIGERSHABITATAPPEARANCEHUNTING TYPEOTHER FACTSThey can beTigers have darkSolitary animals. Largest cat in thefound in India,vertical stripesworld.China, and on reddish- Nocturnal - theySoutheast Asia.orange fur with a hunt mostly atEat up to 60 lighter night.pounds of meatThey need a lotunderbelly. in one night.of coverage, Hunt alone andclose water andLong caninesambush theirThey enjoylots of prey.(teeth) prey by water, unlike overpoweringmost cats.Forests are were Males are largerthem.most thrive. than the females. Little stamina,Prefer denserVery muscular but great leapingvegetation bodies. ability. Eat large to medium animals. 7. CHEETAHHABITATAPPEARANCE HUNTING TYPEOTHER FACTSInhabits most of Deep chest and Eat mammals Cheetahs cannotAfrica and parts narrow waist under 80roar, but they doof the Middle pounds, likechirp and churrEast. Short fur that is gazelles.tan with roundLive 10-12 yearsThrive in areas black spots thatHunts early inwith vast gives it some the morning or in Males usuallyexpanses of land camouflage.the evening live in groupswhere prey is when it is notabundantSmall head with hot.Only need tovery sharp vision drink water everyLikes thick brush Hunts with vision three to foursuch as Paws have semi- rather than days.semidesert andretractable claws scent.prairie.giving them extragrip. Runs at veryhigh speeds,fastest landanimal. 8. SNOW LEOPARDHABITATAPPEARANCEHUNTINH TYPEOTHER FACTSMountain rangesSlightly smallerThey eatAnother cat thatof Central Asia. then the otherwhatever meat cannot roar. cats. they can find.Occupy alpineCan live up to 15and subalpineShort bodies and They can killyears.areas. long tails.animals morethan three times Shy cats, evenCold, snow Stocky and short their weight,with their owncovered areas. legs with wide such asspecies. paws.mountain sheep,Mountainous but will eat haresmeadows andLong, thick furand birds.rocky regions. with colors from yellowish tan to Ambush preyPrefer brokensmoky gray.from above.terrain. Ears are small to minimize heat 9. RESOURCES http://www.kewa.org/leo.html http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cheetah/ http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2012/09/animal-of-the-week-the-cheetah/cheetah-26/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/tiger/ http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/wild-tiger-population-dropped-by-968-in-20-years.html http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-lion/ http://www.lions.org/ www.dictionary.com 10. NOW ITS TIME TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!!Click on a cat 11. HOPEFULLY WE LEARNED A LOTABOUT FELINES TODAY,TOMORROW WE WILL CONTINUEARE JOURNEY THROUGH THEANIMAL KINGDOM. 12. QUESTION: All of the cats we talked about today are carnivores. What doesthat mean and give an example of what a lion may eat. 13. ANSWER Carnivore means to eat flesh or meat. Lions may eat zebras, boaror buffalo. 14. QUESTION: What type of characteristics do snow leopards have to keep themwarm in the snow? 15. ANSWER Snow leopards have wide, fury paws so they can walk on snow,long thick hair and small ears to help maintain heat. 16. QUESTION: How do cheetahs trap their prey? 17. ANSWER They trip their prey while running and then bite their preys neck. 18. QUESTION: If lions are the second largest cat in the world, can you tell mewhat cat is number one? 19. ANSWER Tigers!