Student Application

Discover how animals have special body parts and behaviors that help them live in their environment.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will learn animals have basic needs that have to be met in order for them to survive and reproduce: Food, Water, Oxygen, Climate (the weather of a place averaged over many years), Protection from predators, Shelter (a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather), Reproduce and raise young.
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Supporting Activities

1. Before viewing the video
   1. Brainstorm with the students the basic needs of humans--what we must have in order to survive in this world. Review list after viewing.
2. After viewing the video
   1. Brainstorm beha...
      
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Student Application

From tadpole to frog, egg to chicken, caterpillar to butterfly, and puppy to dog, learn the stages of the life cycles of animals.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand that there are four different stages in an animal's lifecycle: First, it is born; second, it grows and changes and becomes an adult; third, it produces offspring; and fourth, it dies. The animal's offspring can have their own offspring, and so on. The "cycle" part of the word "lifecycle" means that although an individual ani...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Pantomime: After watching the video, divide the students into two groups. One group represents the simple metamorphosis; the other represents complete metamorphosis. Have each group work out a way to show the other group what happens in their version of the lifecycle through pantomime. This activity can be done in pairs or small groups as we...
   
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