Advanced Animal Observation
My animal is ______
Find your animal. Use all your senses to answer these questions:
1. Sketch your animal carefully on a blank page.
2. Guess how much your animal weighs (in pounds):
3. Guess how long or tall your animal is (in inches):
4. How does the animal move from place to place?
5. How many arms? legs? wings? fins? other structures?
6. Compare the front and back legs.
7. How many toes on each foot? Does it have toenails?
8. Observe the animal for 10 minutes. Make a check mark each time it does one of the
following:
Walks Runs Lies down Eats Drinks
Grooms itself Grooms others Yawns Looks at people
9. If there are several animals in the group, can you tell which ones are the leaders?
How can you tell?
10. Describe the coat and coloring of the animal. Include body color, face color, and
markings or patterns.
11. Describe the eyes. Include color, size, and shape of pupils. Are the eyes located on
the front or the sides of the head? Why do you think they are located there?
12. Describe the ears.
13. Describe the sounds made by the animal.
14. Describe the smell of the animal.
15. How is the animal like you? How is it different
