This powerpoint was created for my 1st grader's. The powerpoint covers what a mammal is and how it protects itself from heat.

1. Mammals
By: Patricia Cooper

2. What makes a mammal
a mammal
• must have glands that give milk
• all mammals have fur or hair
• a warm-blooded vertebrate animal

3. Types of mammals
• Most mammals give birth to live young these are called placental
mammals.
• Marsupials are special types of mammals that carry their young in a
pouch.
• A few mammals lay eggs, they are called monotremes.
Marsupials
monotremes

4. Protects selves from heat
• Sweating
• Wallowing-Mud can keep an animal cool the same way that sweat
and bird poop can.
• Panting-expel their hot breath as fast as they can and inhale the
cooler air
• Estivation- is when an animal becomes dormant for an extended
period of time in an effort to survive hot or dry conditions