Nowhere to go but up!

Okay, so you know absolutely nothing about hamsters. How do you start? Well, let's start with the basics and look at the simplest question:

What is a hamster?

Is it a reptile? An amphibian? An insect? A bird? A mammal? A fish? How do you know? This is an important thing to know if you want to make a home your new hamster will be proud to live in.

First step: What is a hamster?

Have a good look at a hamster, and make some notes on what they look like, and what their bodies are like.

You can use this checklist for your notes:

When you finish that, you can come back here for the. . . .

Second step: Hamster lifestyles

This step is a little more difficult than the last one. You have to take what you learned in the first step and decide which option is the best.

You can use this worksheet for your answers:

When you finish that, you can come back here for the. . . .

Third step: Hamster history

Now that you're a bit more familiar with hamsters, let's find out a bit more about what they do, how they act, and where they come from.

You can use this checklist for your notes:

When you finish that, you can come back here for the. . . .

Final step: Happy hamster home!

Here's where you get to use everything you've learned. You know all about hamsters - where they live, what they eat, what they like, and what they don't like. Now use all that knowledge to build your new hamster a perfect home!

You can use this worksheet for your answers: