Soon comparisons of structure and function are made. Students group animals as scientists would. Sample lessons, a black line master, guidelines, and extensions are available for teachers. The greatest value to this lesson comes in the effective domain. Science and school anxieties are reduced while students hug and observe the comfortable friends not usually found in school.
Students make connections to real life when they classify, sort, and count many different things.
This activity is fine preparation for a field trip to a zoo or farm.