animal classification [colouring words] [A-M]

mammals Mammals include humans and all other animals that are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) with hair. They feed their young with milk and have a more well-developed brain than other types of animals.

amphibians An amphibian is a a cold-blooded vertebrate such as frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They have an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage and a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.

reptiles A reptile is a vertebrate animal that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.

birds A bird is a warm-blooded vertebrate having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings.

insects Insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Examples are butterflies, caterpillars, beetles, and crickets.

fish A fish is a cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with scales and gills, like a shark, a trout, or a pike.

not listed In one of the other classifications of molluscs, arthropods, arachnids etc.

dont know Not sure about this animal.

Look at the title of the activity. There are six animal classifications listed below the title each with a different colour. As you hover over each heading, a message box will appear telling what each of the animal classifications is with an example. In each of the rows each word is set within an invisible frame, the background colour of which can be changed to any of the colours above. As you look at each row can you identify mammals, amphibians,reptiles, birds, insects and fish. If you can click on a word ONCE to change the colour to RED [mammal]. Click on a word TWICE to change the colour to ORANGE [amphibian]. Click on a word THREE TIMES to change the colour to FUCHSIA [reptile] and so through the colours and animals classifications. Don't worry if you make a mistake just keep clicking on the word until the colour turns back to WHITE. If there are any which you don't think fit into any of the headings but could be [molluscs, arthropods, arachnids] etc, colour them [SKY BLUE}. If there any you are unsure about colour them [PINK]. To start the activity again just refresh the page.