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Animal Locomotion

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1995

Animal Locomotion
23 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

Bill explores all the ways animals get around - walking, swimming, slithering, flying - and the body parts that make each possible.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Bill explores all the ways animals get around - walking, swimming, slithering, flying - and the body parts that make each possible..

  1. What body parts help different animals move?
  2. Why do animals move in such different ways?
  3. How does the way an animal moves fit where it lives?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: locomotion, muscle, limb.

Try it: Pick an animal and explain how its body lets it move the way it does.

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