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Children will compare and contrast lion teeth and beaver teeth.

Vocabulary: carnivore, herbivore

Science Focus: animal teeth

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• This hit picture book is both hilarious and informative, letting kids see what they could do if they had different kinds of animal teeth!

• Discuss what it would be like to have beaver teeth and lion teeth, using the issue as a guide. Then take the online vote! You can also check out the poll results of our readers.

• Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Find the heading. Underline it.

2. Find the picture where the lion is carrying its cub. Put a ✔ on it.

3. Find the word that means plant-eater. Circle it.

4. Look in the lion’s mouth. How many teeth do you see?

Skill: writing and drawing

Materials: Which Chompers Would You Choose? skill sheet, pencils, crayons

• Hand out the skill sheet. Would children rather have lion teeth or beaver teeth? Have kids circle their choice. They can also color the picture.
• Next have kids complete the second sentence with a fact they learned, such as tear meat or eat twigs.
• Finally, have kids draw themselves with their new teeth!