Animals For Everyone: Mammals is a course for students who have a lively curiosity and desire to learn about mammals. It is a good unit study course for upper elementary so discover the wonderful world of mammals. Lessons cover: Mammals with Eggs or Pouches Mammals That Eat Insects Afrotherians (Elephants, Hyraxes, Elephant Shrews, and Sea Cows) Strange and Wonderful Mammals Mammals That Gnaw: Rodents Meat Eaters (Carnivora) Mammals That Live in Trees Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Even-Toed Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Odd-Toed Mammals That Live In Oceans.
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Course Description
Are you curious about mammals that live in far away places or close to your home? Discover the wonderful world of mammals. This course is for school age children and for adults, as well. Ideal for nature lovers and travelers who want to know about the mammals they encounter. In addition, this class is a good review for biology students about mammals.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction
Of the animals, most people feel the closest to mammals. These animals live on the land, fly in the air, and swim in the sea.
Lesson 2: Mammals with Eggs or Pouches
When most people think about mammals, they rarely think about egg-laying or marsupial mammals.
Lesson 3: Mammals That Eat Insects
Since insects provide a concentrated source of protein, some mammals have specialized in hunting and eating them.
Lesson 4: Afrotherians (Elephants, Hyraxes, Elephant Shrews, and Sea Cows)
Biologists have recently decided to group animals that arose from an ancient order of mammals as Afrotherians. The some of the animals that share this common ancestor are elephants, elephant shrews, and hyraxes (dassies).
Lesson 5: Strange and Wonderful Mammals
With the exception of rabbits, xenarthra and lagomorphs are odd-looking mammals. These animals include sloths, armadillos, and pikas.
Lesson 6: Mammals That Gnaw: Rodents
What makes rodents unique are their gnawing and chewing abilities. Basically vegetarians, rodents can gnaw through the toughest tree wood and crack open the hardest nuts with their teeth.
Lesson 7: Meat Eaters (Carnivora)
Carnivores are hunters and eaters of meat. These animals have become so successful that they have split into two groups of cat-like and dog-like carnivores.
Lesson 8: Mammals That Live in Trees
Tree-living mammals have certain advantages over those that live on the ground. For one thing, they are safe from predators that live on the ground.
Lesson 9: Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Even-Toed
Artiodactyls have two toes on each foot for walking. Once people domesticated these animals, they obtained a ready supply of meat and muscle power.
Lesson 10: Mammals with Hooves (Ungulates): Odd-Toed
Known as perissodactyls, horses, rhinos, and tapirs have middle toes which are larger than their other toes.
Lesson 11: Mammals That Live In Oceans
The mammals that spend most of their time in water have special adaptations for swimming and diving.
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Certificate of Merit
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This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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