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Ways Animals Move


Core Learning Experience + Supplies and Equipment

  • ​Spark interest in this topic, by asking the children to imitate the way that some familiar animals move.  For example, waddle like a duck, fly like a bird, crawl like a spider.  Can ducks only waddle?  What other ways can they move?  Show me. Use books, a video, photos to illustrate some animals that the children might not have had experience with.
  • Use musical accompaniment, such Carnival of the Animals, by Saint-Saens, or Rodeo by Copeland.

Possible/Expected Discoveries

  •  ​The ways that animals move are related to their shape, weight, the way they gather food, where they live, and how they protect themselves.
  • Many animals that can run very fast live on the plains of Africa, where there is a lot of space to run. (Cheetahs, antelopes, ostriches).
  • Can you think of some animals that can move in more than one way? Let’s make a list.
  • Let’s think of some ways that animals can move, that people cannot do.  Are there ways that people can move, that animals cannot do?
  • Use extended vocabulary when describing animal movement, e.g. flutter, soar, zoom, lumber, skitter, creep, trot, canter, slink

Extended Learning and Other Curriculum Areas

  • ​​Play a guessing game in which one player acts like a certain animal, and the rest of the group has to guess what animal the player is imitating.
  • Provide construction paper and markers to create pictures of animals that interest them. Ask each child to dictate the name of the animal or additional information (e.g., color, size) for you to write on the picture.
  • Brainstorm lists of animals that fly; that crawl; that burrow; that climb; that slither etc.
  •  Some animals fly. Are animals the only things that you have seen flying? Are airplanes and helicopters alive? Why or why not? Anything similar about a bird and an airplane?
  • This topic might lead to an interest in types of animal footprints or tracks, and what they look like.
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  • Home
  • Lesson Plans Index
    • Life Science Plants and Animals >
      • Comparing Leaves
      • Exploring Pumpkins
      • Shucking Corn
      • Earthworm Observation
      • Parent and Baby Animals
      • Collecting Ants
      • Spider Season
      • Visit to a Pet Store
      • Living and Non Living Things
      • Animals Come in Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors
      • Ways Animals Move
      • Animals Need to Eat
      • Difference Between Wild and Tame Animals
      • People Can Use Products Provided by Animals and Plants
      • Animal Coverings - Hair, Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin
      • Animals Live in Different Places
      • Metamorphosis and Change in Biology
      • Nocturnal Animals
      • Egg Science
      • Exploring Fish
      • Tree Skin Bark
      • Roots Growing Potatoes in Water
      • Stems - Making Daisy and Clover Chains
      • Flowers
      • Digging in the Dirt
    • Life Science People Index >
      • Parts of Our Body and How We Use Them
      • Our Heart
      • Our Hands
      • Our Feet
      • Fun With Balance
      • Sound Search
      • Sense of Touch
      • Exploring the Sense of Sight
      • Follow That Scent
      • Stop That Germ!
      • Interesting Tools That Doctors Use
      • We Need Healthy Teeth
      • Keep Those Muscles Moving!
    • Physical Science Index >
      • Blowing Bubbles
      • Magnify!
      • Ways to Measure Time
      • Magnetic Attraction
      • Ramps in Motion
      • Ice Melting
      • Sink or Float a Boat
      • Sponges and water
      • Dropping Things Through the Air
      • Static Electricity
      • Battery Electricity
      • Properties of Soap and Water
      • Weights and Balances
      • How Can Heat Change Things?
      • Tools Can Help Us Do Things
      • Lifting with Levers
      • Wheels
      • Predicting How Simple Machines Will Work
      • Computers and Other Devices
      • Discoveries With Straws
      • Different Ways of Making Light
    • Earth and Sky Science Index >
      • Shadow Chasing
      • Sun Effects
      • The Night Sky
      • Kinds of Clouds
      • Dressing for the Season
      • Classifying Rocks
      • Colors of the Rainbow
      • Who Has Seen the Wind?
      • Rain
      • Snow
      • Litter Hunt
      • We Can Take Care of the Earth
  • Teaching Notes
  • Links
  • Contact