Uses of Animals – Basic 3 Basic Science Lesson Note (Third Term)

How Animals Help Us

For Food:

• Cows give us milk, meat, and butter
• Chickens provide eggs and meat
• Goats give milk and meat
• Fish from rivers and seas for eating
• Pigs provide pork and bacon

For Work:

• Horses carry people and pull carts
• Donkeys carry heavy loads
• Oxen help plow farm fields
• Camels transport goods across deserts
• Dogs guard our homes and guide blind people

For Clothing:

• Sheep provide wool for sweaters
• Silkworms make silk for beautiful clothes
• Cows give leather for shoes and bags
• Rabbits provide fur for warm clothes

For Transportation:

• Horses for riding and racing
• Elephants in some countries for carrying logs
• Camels for crossing hot deserts
• Dogs pull sleds in cold places

Useful Products from Animals

From Cows:

• Milk – for drinking and making cheese
• Leather – for shoes, belts, and bags
• Meat – beef for eating
• Butter – made from cow’s milk

From Chickens:

• Eggs – for breakfast and baking
• Meat – chicken for meals
• Feathers – for pillows and decorations

From Sheep:

• Wool – for making warm clothes
• Meat – mutton for eating
• Milk – in some places for drinking

From Bees:

• Honey – sweet food and medicine
• Beeswax – for making candles and polish

From Fish:

• Fish oil – good for our health
• Fish meal – food for other animals

Exercise 1:

1. What do we get from sheep for making clothes? _______
2. Which animal helps guard our homes? _______
3. Name 2 products we get from bees: _______, _______