1.6 Plants and animals

Natural sciences

Grade 4

Life and way of living

Module 7

Plants and animals

Animals cannot make food for themselves. Some of them eat plants, while some eat other animals.

Activity: sort these animals according to the food that they eat [lo 2.2

Examine the pictures. Sort out the animals according to the groups listed below, by neatly redrawing them in their groups on the three sheets of A4-sized paper. Also collect pictures (from old magazines) of the kinds of food they eat and paste these with your drawings.

Animals that eat plants

Animals that eat other animals

Animals that eat plants and animals

Examples of herbivores: elephants, zebras, antelopes, tortoises, cows, donkeys, locusts, snails, horses, squirrels, giraffes, etc.

These eat foods such as leaves, fruit, flowers, seeds, roots and grass.

Examples of carnivores: jackals, leopards, seals, crocodiles, sharks, lions, mosquitoes, vultures, etc..

These eat foods such as birds, fish, eggs, worms, insects, other animals.

Examples of herbivores: rats, flies, pigs, bears, ducks, crabs and people, of course!

They eat foods that they get from plants and animals.

Assessment

LEARNING OUTCOME 2: CONSTRUCTING SCIENCE

KNOWLEDGE

The learner will know and be able to interpret and apply scientific,

technological and environmental knowledge.

ASSESSMENT STANDARDS 2.2: The learner is able to categorise information.

Memorandum

The required information is in the notes.