Over 500 animals on one wheel
Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, marine animals, insects and arachnids – each group in its own colour, each animal with its own icon. The wheel starts with mammals.
Who is it for
- Children: drawing prompts, charades, “make the sound of…”.
- Teachers preparing a lesson about animal groups.
- Families planning which animals to look for at the zoo.
- Anyone looking for a school project topic.
Choose the groups
Click a group to put it on the wheel or take it off; you can combine as many as you like. The groups look like this:
Open a group to see all its animals and untick the ones you do not want:
Game ideas
- Charades: spin, and act the animal out without a word.
- Draw it: everybody gets one minute to draw the animal the wheel chose.
- Twenty questions: one player spins in secret, the others guess with yes or no questions.
Colours
Group colours, the first choice under Colours, keeps each group in its own colour. Any palette below it colours the wheel by order instead: