INVERTEBRATES

Invertebrate animals do not have a skeleton. Some protect their bodies with a shell. There are a lot of different types of invertebrates. They live in water and on land.
Jellyfish are transparent and live in the sea.
Worms are long and soft.
Spiders have eight legs.
Snails have a shell to protect them.
Bees have six legs and wings.

Imágenes obtenidas del Banco de recursos del ITE: Slug, Scorpion and Worm
(Jorge Martínez Huelves), Snail (John Foxx), Jellyfish (Joaquím Reberte Ferrán),
Spider (Duncan Smith), Octopus (Comstock images, Getty images)

AMPHIBIANS

Type of animal: vertebrate.
Reproduction: they lay eggs.
Skin: bare, damp skin.
Habitat: in water and on land.
Respiration: babies (tadpoles): with their gills; adults: with their lungs.
Examples: frogs, toads and salamanders.

And here you have a video about amphibians:

Original Video dowloaded from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdelWdbrwww 

Done by SheppardSoftwareCom Edited with permission. 

BIRDS

Birds are vertebrates. They are oviparous animals. They have a beak, feathers, two feet and two wings. Birds can be carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. There are wild birds and domestic birds.

And here you have a video about birds. Enjoy it!

CANCIÓN DEL DÍA DE LA PAZ (CASTELLANO)

Aquí os dejamos el vídeo con la canción que vamos a cantar el día de la Paz en castellano (además de la de inglés), para que podáis practicar en casa con los niños:

THE PEACE DAY SONG

Here you have the video with the song we are going to sing on January the 27th, to celebrate the Peace day.

So you can practise at home:

VERTEBRATES

Vertebrate animals have a skeleton and a backbone. There are five types of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

Click here if you want to do a crossword about the five types of vertebrates.

HOW DO ANIMALS REPRODUCE?

Viviparous animals are born from their mothers' womb.
Oviparous animals are born from eggs.

WHAT DO ANIMALS EAT?

Carnivores eat meat. Lions are carnivores.
Herbivores eat plants. Elephants are herbivores.
Omnivores eat meat and plants. Pigs are omnivores.

Imágenes del Banco de Recursos del ITE (cerdo Jorge Martínez Huelves)
Sonidos: león - ITE, elefante - Venus Maritza.

WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Pets and farm animals are domestic animals; people look after them. Wild animals do not live with people. They live in their natural habitat.

FOTOS DEL BANCO DE RECURSOS DEL ITE. (ACUARIO PAUL BANGS, CABALLO MIGUEL DE LA FUENTE LÓPEZ, CERDO JORGE MARTÍNEZ HUELVES, MEDUSA Y BUCEADOR JOAQUIM REBERTE FERRAN)