Science Land Animals class is offered on Monday and Wednesdays. You can sign up for one day or both. Each day we will be taking an adventure around the Earth’s biomes to explore and understand land animals and the environments they live in. They’ll explore jungles, deserts, forests, and farms, and even venture into their own backyard to investigate and enjoy the creatures God has created. 

Topics include: 

• Introduction to the Animals of the Sixth Day

• Predators and Prey

• Habituation

• Animal Careers

• Carnivorous Mammals

• Feliform Carnivores

• Marsupials

• Primates

• Rodentia

• Ungulates

• Order Artiodactyla

• Orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia

• Reptiles and Amphibians

• Dinosaurs

• Arthropods

• Gastropods and Worms

Each day of class will include hands on activities as well as some experiments! 

Some of the activities and experiments your student will complete in this course are playing a predator with colored candies that hide in camouflage, acting like a primate to judge depth perception, discovering why giraffes have high blood pressure, identifying animal tracks, dissecting owl pellets and its last meal, and much more!

Teacher: Ms. Bee