Animal Architects

Content Objectives

Students will:

• Learn about the concept of animal architects.
• Access prior knowledge and build background about animal architects.
• Explore and apply understanding of the concept of animal architects.

Language Objectives

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of animal architects.
• Orally use words that identify different kinds of animal architects.
• Extend oral vocabulary by discussing why animals build their own homes.
• Use key concept words [architect, bee, hive, colony].

Other

Explain

• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.
• Explain that students are going to learn about animal architects:
• An architect is somebody who designs buildings.
• An animal architect is a special kind of animal that builds its own home.
• There are many reasons why animals build their own homes.

Model

• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask students: What do you see in this picture? (construction workers building a house).
• Ask students: Why do people build houses? (To have a place to live, to have a place for a family, to protect themselves against the cold, and so forth). • Say: Animal architects build homes just like humans do. An animal's home can give protection, help the animal to get food, and provide a place to raise a family. What are some examples of animal homes? (nest, beehive, etc.)

Guided Practice

• Guide students through the next five slides, showing them different types of animal architects. Always have the students discuss how the animal made the home.

Apply

• Play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.
• After the first game, ask students to talk about different animal homes they may have seen. After the second game, have them discuss how they would build their ideal home.

Close

• Ask students: Imagine your home was an animal home. How would it be different?
• Summarize for students that animals are also architects because they build their own homes. Some animal homes are nests, and beehives. Encourage them to think about why they should be careful around animal homes.