What is animal communication?
Watch these video's to get some background information about what this topic is all about. As you watch these video's think about where you would like to take your learning.
What interests you? What questions do you now have? What kind of animal makes you curious? What do you want to create when you become an expert?
What interests you? What questions do you now have? What kind of animal makes you curious? What do you want to create when you become an expert?
Take a look at the videos below to help develop your curiosity.
Watch these videos to help you get some background knowledge about how animals communicate. This will help you get to your main question that you want to research and present.
Some guiding questions: What are the 4 main ways animals communicate? How are some animals similar in the way they communicate? Are all animals different? Why do animals communicate? |
Your task #1
When you think of animal communication what comes into your mind? What do you think about? What images, questions and wonderings do you have? Put all these thoughts into a title page..
Create a title page to start this topic of learning
Your task #2
Start thinking about WHAT you want to learn about? What animal interests you? What type of communication makes your curious?
Think about WHY you want to learn about this topic?
What do you want to learn?
Think about WHY you want to learn about this topic?
What do you want to learn?
Create a wonder wall in your book, where do you want to take your learning?
Task #3. Creating a question
This is probably the most important part of your inquiry project, so we need to spend some time coming to the right question.
Work with a buddy to create 2 question cubes. Create one cube with the basic question words on each face... Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why.
Create a second cube with the following words on each face. Would, Can, Will, Might, Is.
With your buddy roll both cube and use the cue words to create a list of questions that you can use to drive your research about animal communication. Write the questions you come up with in your everyday book.
Create a second cube with the following words on each face. Would, Can, Will, Might, Is.
With your buddy roll both cube and use the cue words to create a list of questions that you can use to drive your research about animal communication. Write the questions you come up with in your everyday book.
Task #5. Skimming and Scanning
Thinking Task - types of animal communication
Watch this video to learn about the 4 main ways animals communicate. This will help you with your own research into your animal.
When you watch these informative videos, take some notes then in your Everyday Book, write and draw some examples of how animals communicate. Each heading should have at least two examples. |
Syllables
When you have finished watching the video explaining syllables, practise Robot Speaking and putting your hand under your chin as you find the syllables in different animals names. Copy the T Chart below into your Everyday Book and write the number of syllables you found next to each animal.
Plan Your Poster
Take a look through the slide show below. Use the slides to help you plan out some designs and placement for your poster.