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All About Animals
An Interactive WebQuest
Miss Manwiller’s First Grade Reading Groups
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Giraffe
Walrus
Elephant
Eagle
Humpback Whales
Kangaroo
Zebra
Giraffes
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Where Do Giraffes Live?
Africa
Giraffes live in Africa on the hot, grassy
savanna.
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Giraffes
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What Do Giraffes Look
Like?
 Giraffes have long necks.
 Giraffes have a mane of hair on its neck.
 Their short hair has reddish-brown patches.
 Giraffes have two or more horns covered in skin
and hair.
 Giraffes grow to be 14 to 18 feet tall.
 They are very heavy. They can weigh from
2,000 to 3,000 pounds. It is as heavy as a car!
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Giraffes
Long
necks
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they look
like?
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heavy
Reddishbrown
14 to 18
feet tall
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What Do Giraffes Eat?
 Giraffes can eat more than 75 pounds of plants a
day!
 Giraffes love to eat leaves, twigs, bark, and vines.
 The thorny acacia tree is the giraffe’s favorite
food.
acacia tree
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75
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leaves
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Giraffes
bark
twigs
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they look
like?
Baby Giraffes
 Baby giraffes are called calves.
 Female giraffes have one calf at a
time.
 Calves can stand up a few minutes
after they are born!
 A calf when it is born can weigh
140 pounds and is 6 feet tall!
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Giraffes
calves
Can stand
when born
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6
feet tall
140
pounds
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 Giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world.
 The giraffes’ tongue is 18 inches long! This is so
it can pull leaves from trees.
 Giraffes can run 35 miles per hour.
 Sometimes giraffes sleep standing up. They sit
down only when they feel safe.
 Giraffes can live for 20 years.
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Tallest
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Can run
35 miles
per hour
Sleep
standing
Giraffes
Live for
20 years
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they look
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What Sounds Do
Giraffes Make?
Giraffes do not make any sounds.
Kangaroos
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Kangaroos
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live?
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Where Do Kangaroos Live?
Australia
Kangaroos live in Australia in deserts and
dry grasslands.
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Australia
deserts
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dry
grasslands
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they eat?
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What Do Kangaroos
Look Like?
 Kangaroos have small heads with big ears.
 They have short front legs.
 They hop on two large back legs.
 They use their strong tail to balance.
 Big kangaroos can be 6 feet tall.
 Small kangaroos can be 21 inches tall.
That’s smaller than two rulers.
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small heads
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big ears
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they live?
Kangaroo
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they eat?
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they look
like?
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21 inches
to 6 feet
tall
short
front legs
large
back legs
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What Do Kangaroos
Eat?
 Kangaroos eat plants and grasses.
 Some small kangaroos eat insects and worms.
 They do not need much water to live. They can
live for months without drinking water.
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plants and
grass
insects
and worms
do not need
much water
Kangaroo
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they eat?
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they look
like?
Babies
Baby Kangaroos
 A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
 A baby kangaroo lives in it’s mother’s
pouch after being born.
 At 6 months old, the baby can leave the
pouch.
 The joey stays with its mother for a year.
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stays with
mom for
a year
lives in
mother’s
pouch
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joey
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 A large kangaroo can hop 30 miles per
hour!
 They live for 6 to 8 years.
 They take spit baths to stay cool.
 Male kangaroos sometimes fight. They
box with their front legs and kick with
their back legs.
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live 6 to 8
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take spit
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can hop 30
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they live?
Kangaroo
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What Sounds Do
Kangaroos Make?
Kangaroos do not make any sounds.
Elephants
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Where Do Elephants Live?
Africa
Elephants live in Africa in grasslands,
forests, and near rivers.
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forests
Elephant
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they look
like?
grasslands
What do
they eat?
Babies
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What Do Elephants
Look Like?
 Elephants have long trunks.
 An elephant can grow to 13 feet tall!
 It can weigh 6 tons! That is as much as 70 men.
 They have big ears.
 They have long tusks.
Trunk
Ears
Tusks
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13 feet tall
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long tusks
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weigh 6 tons
(70 men)
big ears
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What Do Elephants
Eat?
 Elephants eat grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark.
 They have four teeth inside their mouth that
they use to chew their food.
 The elephant uses it’s front teeth (tusks) to dig
up plants.
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grasses
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they live?
Elephants
grasses
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they eat?
leaves
fruits
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Baby Elephants
 Baby elephants are called calves.
 A calf when it is born can weigh 250 pounds!
 A calf is taken care of by its mom, aunts, and
older sisters.
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 An elephant’s trunk can be 7 feet long and can
weigh 300 pounds!
 An African elephants ear is shaped like Africa.
 There are two types of elephants – African and
Asian. We talked about African elephants.
 Elephants are the biggest land mammal.
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trunk
weighs 300
pounds
trunk is 7
feet long
2 kinds –
African and
Asian
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they live?
Elephant
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they eat?
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they look
like?
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biggest
mammal on
land
What Sounds Do
Elephants Make?
Elephants make noises
that sound like a
trumpet.
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Humpback Whales
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Where Do Humpback
Whales Live?
Humpback Whales live in the ocean.
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Humpback
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Whales
What Do Humpback
Whales Look Like?
• Humpback whales are HUGE!
• They have large bumps on their head.
• They have two big flippers and a tail to
help them swim.
• It also has a blowhole on its head to
breath.
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large bumps
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Humpback
Whales
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they look
like?
blowhole
to help
breathe
tail
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two big
flippers
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What Do Humpback
Whales Eat?
• Humpback whales can eat over 3,000
pounds of food each day.
• Humpback whales eat plankton and small
fish.
• They make bubble nets to trap their
food.
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3,000
pounds of
food a
day
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they live?
plankton
small fish
make
bubble nets
to catch
food
What do
they eat?
Humpback
Whales
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they look
like?
Babies
Baby Humpback Whales
• Baby Humpback whales are called calves.
• It is 13 feet long when it is born.
• It can weigh 2 tons!
• A calf drinks its mother’s milk.
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Humpback
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calves
2 tons
drink
mother’s
milk
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13 feet long
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• Humpback whales can live for 40 years.
• A calf can swim as soon as it is born.
• An adult humpback whale is over 45
feet long and weighs 29 tons!
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live 40
years
can swim
when born
45 feet
long
weigh 29
tons
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they live?
Humpback
Whales
What do
they eat?
What do
they look
like?
Babies
What Sounds Do
Humpback Whales
Make?
Humpback whales
sing. They make
different
sounds.
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humpback whale
makes.
Walruses
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Walruses
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Where Do Walruses Live?
Arctic
Walruses live in the arctic.
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Walruses
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What Do Walruses Look
Like?
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Walruses are reddish-brown.
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They can weigh 4,000 pounds.
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They are 9 to 12 feet long.
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Walruses have whiskers.
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They have two big teeth called tusks.
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reddishbrown
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two big
teeth called
tusks
weigh
4,000
pounds
9 to 12
feet long
have
whiskers
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What Do Walruses Eat?
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Walruses eat clams, crabs, mussels, and
starfish.
They can eat 100 pounds of food each day!
crab
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100
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they live?
Walruses
crabs and
clams
What do
they eat?
starfish
mussels
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they look
like?
Babies
Baby Walruses
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Baby walruses are called calves.
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A calf weighs about 130 pounds.
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It will stay near it’s mother for 2 years.
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Walruses live to be 40 years old.
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130 pounds
stays near
mom for
2 years
40 years
old
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Walruses have blubber to keep them warm.
Blubber is fat under the skin.
Walruses can stay under water for 10
minutes.
Walruses live in groups. 1,000 walruses may
live together.
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Eagles
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Where Do Eagles Live?
Eagles live all over the world except for
Antarctica.
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all over the
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What Do Eagles Look
Like?
 Eagles are different sizes. Some are 33
inches and some 16 inches.
 Some eagles have talons.
 A large eagle’s wings can be eight feet across.
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have
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some are
33 inches
wings can
be 8 feet
across
some are
16 inches
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What Do Eagles Eat?
 Eagles eat fish, ducks, rabbits, mice, and
small deer.
 Eagles can eat one pound of food in four
minutes.
 Eagles use their good eyesight to see
small animals.
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eat 1 pound
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they live?
Eagles
fish
small deer
ducks
mice
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they look
like?
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Baby Eagles
 Baby eagles are called eaglets.
 Eaglets hatch from eggs.
 Both the mom and the dad sit on the eggs to
keep them warm.
 They fly when they are 10 weeks old.
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mom and
dad sit on
eggs
hatch from
eggs
fly when
they are
10 weeks
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 Eagles can live for 20 years.
 There are many different types of eagles.
 Bald eagles are a symbol for the United States.
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many
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Zebras
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Where Do Zebras Live?
Africa
Zebras live in Africa on grasslands,
savannas, and mountains.
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grasslands
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Zebras
mountains
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they look
like?
savannas
What do
they eat?
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What Do Zebras Look
Like?
 Zebras look like horses.
 They have black and white stripes.
 They have a short mane and a long tail.
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like?
have black
and white
stripes
short mane
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long tails
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What Do Zebras Eat?
 Zebras eat grass.
 They sometimes eat leaves and bark if
there is no grass.
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grass
leaves
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they eat?
bark
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Baby Zebras
 Baby zebras are called foals.
 Foals have brown stripes.
 They eat grass and drink milk.
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foals
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 No two zebras have the same stripes!
 Zebras can run 40 miles per hour!
 Zebras live for 18 to 25 years.
 Zebras take turns sleeping so they can
warn each other when there is danger.
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run 40
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have
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live 18 to
25 years
take turns
sleeping
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they live?
Zebras
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they eat?
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they look
like?
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Zebras Make?
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