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What are the Needs of Animals?
Think of four things that we know that all animals need. (Food, water, air and shelter) Today we want to specifically look at the foods that the animal needs. Only green plants can manufacture food. The meats that we eat come from animals that eat plants. We will complete our study of the basic needs of animals with a very interesting activity, but you will have to wait to see what it is going to be. INSTRUCTION: Man eats meat and plants. Hamburgers come from the beef cow. The cow has eaten the green grass and corn that supplies its food. Milk comes from the dairy cow who has eaten grasses and corn- and other grains. Chickens, that we eat, ate grass and little rocks and cracked corn. Have you heard the old saying, "which came first, the chicken or the egg"? Well chickens come from fertilized eggs when incubated for 21 days. The chicken eats grasses, grains and commercial poultry feed until it reaches maturity then it begins to lay eggs. We eat both the eggs and the chickens for our food. A chicken will eat its own eggs, shells and all, if they are not fed adequately. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: I want you to make a display that traces common foods to green plants. You may do this by drawing pictures or cutting out pictures and mounting them. Where do our meat and eggs come from? (Animals) Where do the animals, that we turn into food, get their food? (Grass, grain) What kind of plants manufacture food? CLOSURE: Now, tell me one more time what the basic needs of all animals are. (Shelter, food, water, air) Do all animals depend on plants for food? This concludes our lesson on the basic needs of all animals. |
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