Mrs. Adcock’s
First Graders
Spring Research
Animal Research
May 2015
Animal Group - Birds
 Allysa,
Mya, Avery
Birds
 Birds
live everywhere. You can have them as a
pet. They hatch from eggs. Most birds cannot
see or stand when they are born. Birds eat seeds,
mice, worms, fruit, and bird food.
 Most birds fly and they are vertebrates. They
have a backbone and they are warm-blooded.
All birds have 2 legs, 2 wings, 2 eyes, and a beak.
 Ostrich’s and penguins cannot fly. Some birds
can swim. Birds are the only animals that have
feathers. Some birds are the eagle, owl, cardinal,
blue jay and a penguin.
Pictures of Birds
Animal Group - Fish
 Hailee,
Brea, Kirsten
Fish
 Fish
live in oceans, rivers and lakes. They hatch
from eggs. Sharks give birth to live young. They eat
moss, plants and other animals.
 Fish can be many colors. They breathe through
gills. Fish have backbones and vertebrates. Their
fins help them move through the water. They are
cold-blooded and they adapt to the water
temperature.
 A seahorse can eat 3,000 shrimp in one day. They
swim in pairs with their tails linked. Tiger sharks are
called waste basket fish because they eat trash.
Some examples of fish are tuna, goldfish, jellyfish,
shark and seahorses.
Pictures of Fish
Animal Group – Insects/Spiders
 Benton,
Wesley, Jonathan
Insects/Spiders
 Insects
and spiders live in tropical places like
burrows, in logs and on the ground. They hatch
from eggs. Most insects eat plants and other
insects.
 Insects have 3 body parts and 6 legs. Spiders
have 2 body parts and 8 legs. Some have
more than 2 eyes.
 Insects wear their skeleton on the outside of
their body. Mother spiders carry their babies on
their back. Some examples are termites, ants,
ladybugs, mosquitos, and spiders.
Pictures of Insects/Spiders
Animal Group - Reptiles

Aidan, Dillon, Cade
Reptiles
 Reptiles
live in water and on land. They hatch
from eggs and they eat meat. Reptiles breathe
through their lungs. Most reptiles have 2 lungs.
They can breathe underwater.
 Reptiles have scaly skin. You cannot see their
ears. They catch food with their teeth and tear
it so they can eat it. The smallest reptile is the
dwarf gecko. It is one half inch long.
 The largest reptile is the crocodile. They can
grow up to 13 and half feet long. Some snakes
have only 1 lung. Some examples of reptiles are
snakes, crocodile, alligator, iguanas, and turtles.
Pictures of Reptiles
Animal Group - Mammals
 Gracie,
Ceaira, Trinity
Mammals
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Mammals live in your home, the zoo, in the wild,
ocean and underground. Most are born live like a
horse. Some are carried in a pouch like a kangaroo or
koala bear. A few are born from eggs like a platypus.
Mammals eat mostly meat. They are called carnivores.
Some only eat plants. They are called herbivores.
Some mammals like a bat can fly. The largest
mammal is the blue whale. They can grow over 80
feet long. The smallest is the bumblebee bat. It is only
1.2 inches long.
Mammals are very smart and the pig is the smartest. A
giraffe’s tongue is 20 inches long and it uses its tongue
to clean its ear. There are 4200 species of mammals.
Some types of mammals are cats, dogs, bats, zebras,
humans and dolphins.
Pictures of Mammals
Animal Group - Amphibians
 Whitney,
Sarah, Jesse
Amphibians
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Amphibians live in streams, forests, swamps, ponds,
lakes and on land. They hatch from eggs. Then they
are in the larvae stage like fish. Last they have lungs to
help them breathe.
Amphibians are carnivores. They eat spiders, beetles
and worms. Larvae eat mostly plants. Amphibians are
cold-blooded. Frogs cannot live in salt water. The
smallest frog is .3 inches long. The largest frog is the
goliath frog. It is 15 inches long and weighs 8 pounds.
Frogs have long, sticky tongues to catch their prey.
The largest salamander is 6 feet long and can weigh
140 pounds. Some types of amphibians are frogs,
salamanders and caecilians.
Pictures of Amphibians
The End
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