Provide a variety of resources for students to use including books, encyclopedias, and software to find information on their chosen animal. Students should also draw and color a picture of their animal that will be used later to make a class bar graph. The pictures need to be a uniform size for the graph. The size would be determined by the amount of room available for the class bar graph. You may wish to make the pictures for the students.
Students can color and cut out the pictures.
Make a large horizontal bar graph on a wall or bulletin board. The bar graph will display the classifications of the animals that have been researched. The classifications will include reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds, and insects. Students then take turns placing their pictures on the graph in the appropriate place. After all of the pictures have been placed on the graph, encourage students to analyze the data.