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
Classic Corral
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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
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!