The Vertebrates Workshop

To get the most out of The Vertebrates Workshop, we suggest studying the following aspects at school before the visit: 

To understand the students’ interests and increase motivation about the animals:

• Bring in x-rays from home and name the main bones in the body.
• Make a list where you write down and/or draw the things that the children want to know about vertebrates.
• Collect photographs, magazine articles, cards, activity sheets and other materials about the animals that the children can obtain.
• Bring in videos, CDs or other materials on electronic supports about these animals.

To observe animals:

• Have a field trip to find spoor, prints, burrows, excrement, listen to the birdsong, as well as collecting feathers and abandoned nests, so that students can deduct the presence of vertebrates in our natural environment.
• Ask students who have a pet and vertebrate to prepare, individually or in groups, an explanation about this animal to present to their classmates with the help of photographs or the animal itself.

As specific objectives:

• Introduce the concept of vertebrates and learn to identify them.
  
• Discover the main classes of vertebrates.
• Knowledge of the existence of aquatic, land and flying vertebrates.
  
• Become aware of the risk of extinction that exists for many vertebrates.