Amazing Animals

Amazing Animals
A Homemade PowerPoint Game
By
Bachkim
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Story
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Objectives
The Story of “Amazing Animals”
Animals are simply amazing. They are all around us, everyday, working hard to find food, find shelter, care for their young, and simply survive.
You and your fellow scouts will be traversing the wooded lands of Georgia, where you will encounter much of the native wildlife. Along the way you will learn all kinds of interesting and amazing facts about a few of these animals.

Use your eyes, ears, and nose to find clues along the way. Keep your hands to yourself, though. You may lose a finger, otherwise!!

Most importantly….Have fun learning!!!
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Game Directions

The goal of the game is to be the first player to collect six cards with a different animal on each card.
The game is set up for only two players to play at a time.
The game starts with the toss of penny. Whoever calls heads or tails correctly gets to go first.
In order to view a question, simply click on one of the snakes. The questions do not need to be answered in sequential order.
If a player answers a question correctly, he/she may claim one of the animal picture cards.
If a player answers incorrectly, he/she does not receive a card, and the next player gets to attempt a question.
Each player must chose a different question than that one chosen during the other player’s previous turn until each question has been either attempted or answered correctly at least once.
Once a question has been answered correctly, it cannot be chosen again in order to win a picture card.
If a question is answered incorrectly, either player can attempt to answer it again, but only after all other questions have been attempted
Use the Question Log Sheet to keep track of which questions have been attempted or answered correctly.
The game continues as such until one player has collected six different animal picture cards.
The player to first accumulate the six different animal picture cards wins.
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Game Preparation

Animal Cards: Print out two copies of slide 6 (preferably on heavy stock paper), then cut into individual cards
Question Log Sheet: Print out one copy of slide 5
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Question Log Sheet
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Animal Cards
Bald Eagle
Barn Owl
Black Bear
American alligator
River Otter
tarantula
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CORRECT!!!
Good Job!!!!
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You have earned a picture card!!
Sorry! That is Incorrect…
But, don’t worry…You’ll have another chance….
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Time to play “Amazing Animals”!
Click on one of the snakes below to see a question……
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Game Directions
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What is the black bear’s greatest sense?
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Smell
Sight
Taste
Hearing
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Deer
Bear
Owl
River otter
A bald eagle’s hearing acuity is between that of a human’s and a (n)….
Bald eagles see in color.
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True
False
The river otter has a poor sense of…
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Smell
Hearing
Taste
All of the above
Bald eagles have air cavities in their bone tissue that make them lighter and flight easier.
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True
False
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Eastern United States
Central United States
Southeastern United States
All of the above
Black Bears are found in wooded areas in:
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Its swimming ability
Its climbing ability
Its ability to dig deep burrows
Its ability to walk backwards
The gopher tortoise is best known for:
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Southeast coast
Northwest coast
Northeast coast
Midwest
Bald eagles are found over most of the United States but are most dominant in:
Black bears are primarily:
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Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Whether a baby tortoise hatches as a female or male is determined by:
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The number of eggs in the nest
The time of the year the eggs are laid
The region where the tortoise lives
The temperature of the sand where the nest is located
Black bears hibernate for 5-7 months a year:
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True
False
Gopher Tortoises are found:
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along the west coast of the United States
along southeastern United States and Florida
in northern part of United States
all of the above
Gopher Tortoises are primarily:
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Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
The river otter has developed the following special adaptations:
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Webbed feet
Third eyelid utilized when swimming
Special flaps in its nose that prevent water from coming in
All of the above
The river otter is a (n):
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carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
The river otter prefers to live…
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Up in trees
Dens excavated under rocks or logs
Underwater
None of the above
Educational Objectives
Audience
Fourth and Fifth grade students
Subject Area Objectives
Students will be able to gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the wide-range of abilities and physical adaptations of animals, specifically regarding the river otter, black bear, gopher tortoise, and bald eagle. In learning more about animals, students will hopefully begin to demonstrate more compassion towards wildlife and come to understand their importance in the world and the circle of life.
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Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
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