Animals: Pigs
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.
Grades
- 1,
- 2
Links
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Barnyard Place: Pigs
Read about the life cycle, general unique factors, produces, and dietary facts about pigs.
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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.
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ReadWriteThink: Animal Inquiry Student Interactive
Using this interactive, students explore four areas of an animal-babies, habitat, interaction with others, and basic facts. Findings can be printed off.
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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.
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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.
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Awesome Pig Facts
Read questions and answers related to pig facts developed by 2nd graders.
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EnchantedLearning: Pigs
This site provides rhymes, craft ideas, and coloring pages that go along with a pig unit.
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Construction Ahead
Children will help the three little pigs design a stronger and more efficient house of logs or straw
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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.
Education Standards
- AR
- MO
- NV
