• For the best results watch this in slide show (press F5) mode and make sure your speakers are on! • You will need Windows Media Player to watch the film clips. • To continue click on the tab in the lower corner of this page once. Click here to continue Variation for ages 5-11 What does the word variation mean? Variation is a word that describes the similarities and differences between living things. As you can see below some living things have similarities and some have differences but there is an enormous variety! Click here to continue Variation Variation Click above to play film if it doesn’t play after a short delay Variation Look very carefully at these two types of elephants? Click here to play film clip Click here to play film clip Click here for answers • Tusks • Forehead • Ears • Trunk and tail • Eyes • Hair Q. Look at these features. Are they similar or different in African and Asian elephants? e.g. they have the same number of toes. AFRICAN ASIAN RANGE RANGE Click here to continue • Big tusks • Flattened forehead • Curved ears • Similar trunk and tail • Similar small eyes • Not very hairy • Very small tusks • Rounded forehead • Straight edged ears • Similar trunk and tail • Similar small eyes • Some hair AFRICAN ASIAN Elephants are animals which means they can move, eat and grow. They get their energy from eating living things. Plants e.g. trees are also living things just like animals but they get their energy to grow from the Sun. They usually have leaves. Look at the pictures below and click on the four animals: Polar bear. This a a type of animal called a “mammal” which have hair or fur and produce milk, humans are mammals too. It is an animal. Well done! Click here once you have found all four animals Ash tree (leaf opening). Plants use the Suns energy to get their food. It is not an animal. Try again. Click here once you have found all four animals European plaice. This fish is using camouflage to hide itself on the seabed. It is an animal. Well done! Click here once you have found all four animals Green shield bug. This type of animal looks like a leaf but it is an insect, it has six legs. It is an animal. Well done! Click here once you have found all four animals Blackthorn fruit. Fruits and vegetables are the parts of plants that we eat. It is not an animal. Try again. Click here once you have found all four animals