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Create Your Own Animal

Age Range: 7 - 11
By: Kirsty Payne

Create Your Own Animal

In year 4, I used this idea to assess children's learning in our habitats topic.

The children were asked to design and label their own animal thinking about how it is adapted to live in its environment, diet, camouflage etc. It was a great way to assess children's knowledge and understanding of the associated vocabulary.

They loved doing such an open ended task and using their imaginations. The children could also make their animal from clay and present it to the class.

The 'Build Your Wild Self' site might also be a useful tool for this activity.

Or, try using Switcheroo Zoo.

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coolbeans

31st March 2011

thank you I've been searching at least half 'o' hour for an animal creator & totally forgot about both again THANK YOU

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Cecelia

15th January 2016

I have used "Build your wild self" before, just for students to make their own desktop backgrounds. I love the idea of using it to focus on habitats, features etc.

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4

theanimegirl609

27th June 2018

its good for kids

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2

Alyssa

9th September 2018

i would like too create my own animal that can be a pet but can also fly but it is nothing like a bird

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4

Dovid Pomerantz

6th February 2019

yes its good

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5

Matt

27th March 2019

I love it

Rating: 
5

David

2nd April 2019

It’s good

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tyler

30th April 2019

this is cool

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5

Karina

24th October 2019

I love it

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5

123tree

22nd December 2019

Amazing art!

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4

colin

14th July 2020

this is fun.

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bryce johncol

13th November 2020

The switcharoo zoo game was alot of fun!

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5

Sam

16th February 2021

Nice

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Maria V.

14th March 2021

thank you so much for this!

Rating: 
5

Josephine Tusani.

1st August 2021

cool

Rating: 
5

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