Science Unit
6th Grade
Jeffrey Miele
 Students
will able to classify different
animals
 Students will understand the difference
between invertebrates and vertebrates
 Students will be able to list three types
of invertebrates and vertebrates
The Animal Kingdom is divided
into two main groups:
Vertebrates-Animals with a backbone
and
Invertebrates-Animals without a
backbone
The animals with backbones
are divided into five more groups:
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
*Animals without a backbone
*Most animals are invertebrates
*There are many more types of
invertebrates than vertebrates
*Animals with a backbone
*Animals without a backbone
 Give
birth to live
young
 Feed their babies
with their own
milk
 Are more or less
covered with hair
 Are warm-blooded
 Have
feathers
 Lay eggs
 Are warm-blooded
 Have
a dry skin
covered with scales
 Lay eggs
 Cold-blooded
 Are
able to live on
land as well as in
water
 Have a smooth
moist skin
 Lay eggs
 Are cold-blooded
 Have
a moist skin
covered in scales
 Breathe through
gills
 Lay eggs (some
give birth to live
young)
 Are cold-blooded
 I am a fish. My body is cold to touch and covered in
scales. I lay eggs. I use gills to breathe with
underwater.
 I am a reptile. My body is covered in dry scales. I
lay eggs.
 I am a mammal. My body is warm and furry. I feed
my babies on milk. I give birth to live young.
 I am an amphibian. My body moist and smooth. I lay
eggs. I like to live in or near water.
 I am a reptile. My body is covered in dry scales. I lay
eggs.
 I am a bird. My body is warm and covered with
feathers. I lay eggs which hatch into chicks.
 I am a reptile. My body is covered in dry scales. I lay
eggs.
 I am a mammal. If you stand very close to me you
will notice I have hairs on my body. I feed my babies
on milk. I do not lay eggs.
 Although I have wings, I am in fact a mammal. My
body is covered in hair, not feathers. I feed my babies
on milk. I do not lay eggs.
 I am a bird. My body is warm and covered in
feathers. I lay eggs.
 I am a mammal. My body is covered in hair, or fur. I
feed my babies on milk. I give birth to live young.
 I am a mammal. My body is warm and furry. I feed my
babies on milk. I give birth to live young.
Vertebrates!!!