Animals: Pigs
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Title:
| Animals: Pigs |
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Description:
| These sites are about pigs. Learn about their life cycle, diet, habitat, care, and the products from pigs. Includes interesting facts, a farm tour, and production process. There are also printable worksheets, coloring pages, games, lesson plans, photos, and video clips. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2 |
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Resource Links:
| Barnyard Place: Pigs
Read about the life cycle, general unique factors, produces, and dietary facts about pigs.
PBS: The Joy of Pigs
Learn the truth about these smart and clean animals. Explore how some pigs have become a part of the family and the diversity of pigs around the world. Includes video clips and a photo gallery of pigs.
Pork 4 Kids
This site has games and activities about pigs for different age groups. Included pictures, facts, and a farm tour. NOTE: This site has links to external websites.
Virtual Hog Barn
View video clips of the process of pig production from the Hog Barn.
ABC: Printable Worksheets
This page compiles a list of printable resources for using with a pig unit. Includes a coloring page, sign, connect the dots, word search, and more.
P.I.G.
This website is designed for kids to learn about pork production. Includes trivia, interesting facts, and teacher resources. NOTE: This site has links to external websites.
Awesome Pig Facts
Read questions and answers related to pig facts developed by 2nd graders.
Pork Checkoff
This site provides interesting facts, history, statistics, and a glossary related to pork. NOTE: The reading level is appropriate for older students.
EnchantedLearning: Pigs
This site provides rhymes, craft ideas, and coloring pages that go along with a pig unit.
Pig Fun Pages for Children
This site has various fun activities for teaching ideas such as poems, crafts, stories, games about pigs.
Construction Ahead
Children will help the three little pigs design a stronger and more efficient house of logs or straw
Interview an Animal
In this activity, children will choose an animal, research facts about it, list interview questions to ask the animal, and conduct the interview while tape-recording it.
SuccessLink: All Kinds of Pigs
This lesson plan is designed to assess students' ability to comprehend and evaluate works of literature.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
4.1, 4.2, 4.3
AR Standards:
LS.2.1.1, LS.2.1.2, LS.2.2.1.a, LS.2.2.2, LS.4.2.2
IL Standards:
12.A.1a, 12.A.1b, 12.B.1a
ME Standards:
A.1, A.2, C.1, C.2
MO Standards:
3.1.A.a, 3.1.D.b, 3.1.D.d, 3.1.B.a, 3.1.B.b, 3.1.B.c
NV Standards:
L.2.C.1, L.2.C.2
OH Standards:
2.A.1, 2.B.2, 2.A.1, 2.A.5
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