Marine Biologists!

These people are Marine Biologists. They are scientists. They study the animals and
plants that live in the ocean.

Let’s pretend we’re marine biologists. Watch this video and see how many different
types of animals you can spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXtrIy95V80
 Instructions
Read through the slides to remind yourself about the different types of animals.

On each page there is a link to a 1 minute video that you can watch about each
animal type. (play this PowerPoint as a slideshow to get the links and quiz to
work)

Once you’ve read the information slides, there is a fun game you can play to
sort the ocean and seaside animals. How many points can you get?
 Basic Animal Groups
There are lots of different types of animals in the world.
Here are 6 groups of animals on Earth:

Birds Mammals Fish Amphibians Reptiles Invertebrate

Can you name an animal that fits into each animal type?
 Birds
• Most birds can fly.
Click here to watch a
video about birds!
• Birds have feathers.

• Birds have a bill.

• Ostriches, kiwis and penguins lost their ability to fly as

their lifestyles were more suited to land or water.
 Fish
• Fish live in water.
Click here to watch
a video about fish!

• They have skin covered with scales.

• They have two sets of fins.

• They have a set of gills.

 Invertebrates
• Invertebrates are animals like: insects, flatworms,
squid or an octopus.
Click here to watch a vi
deo about invertebrate
• Invertebrates do not have a backbone. s!

• Some have exoskeletons, hard shells outside their body, like

snails.

• Some have no bones, like an octopus.

 Amphibians
• Amphibians are animals like: frogs, toads,
newts and salamanders.
Click here to watch a vid
eo about amphibians!
• They live on land but they tend to go
in water a lot.

•Amphibians have moist, slimy skin.

•They lay eggs.

Have you ever seen frogspawn?

 Reptiles
• Reptiles are animals like turtles,
crocodiles, lizards and snakes.
Click here to watch a vid
• They have dry, scaly skin. eo about reptiles!

• They lay eggs with hard shells.

 Mammals
• There are lots of different types of mammals.

• We are mammals. So are cows, lions, bats, whales, Click here to watch a vide
dogs and cats. o about mammals!
• Some mammals live on land, e.g. dogs.

• Some live in the water, e.g. whales.

• Mammals have hair or fur.

 GAME!

How many of these seaside and ocean

animals can you sort?
 Otter

fish
NEXT
 Saltwater Crocodile

fish
NEXT
 Crab-eating Frog

fish
Did you know: most amphibians don’t like the seaside. The water is too
salty for them.

NEXT
 Sandpiper

fish
NEXT
 Seagull

fish
NEXT
 Crab

fish
NEXT
 Clown fish

fish
NEXT
 Turtle

fish
NEXT
Blue Whale
NEXT
 Humans

fish
NEXT
Octopus
NEXT
THE
END