Animal wheel: spin for an animal
Sixteen animals from around the world, for science units, drawing prompts, movement games and animal reports.
16 entries
Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.
Who's away today?
Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.
Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.
Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it
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How to use it
- The wheel already holds 16 entries for “Animal wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
- Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
- Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.
Ideas for class
- Animal charades: a student acts out the animal that comes up while the class guesses.
- Mini research: each student or pair finds three facts about their animal, where it lives, what it eats and how it moves.
- Drawing prompt for early finishers: spin and draw the animal in its habitat.
- Habitat sort: after each spin, the class decides whether it lives in water, on land, or both, and who its neighbors are.
- Movement break: everyone moves like the animal for thirty seconds, from a slow turtle to a leaping frog.
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Questions
Can I use only animals from our unit?
Yes. Replace the list with the animals you are studying, such as Arctic animals or farm animals, and the wheel is saved in this browser for next time.
Are the animals mammals, birds and insects?
A mix. There are mammals, birds, an amphibian, a reptile, an insect and an octopus, so you can also use a spin to start a sorting activity.
Does the wheel say anything about the animal?
No. The wheel only picks the name. The learning is in what students find out or show about it.
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