Planet Earth Teacher's Notes - All at C€¦ · Planet Earth Teacher’s Notes Videos 1. Iguana vs Snakes 2. Swimming Sloth Display the image on page 2 and tell students it’s related

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Planet Earth Teacher’s Notes

Videos 1. Iguana vs Snakes 2.SwimmingSloth

Display the imageonpage2andtell students it’s relatedto themusic they’ve justheard.Getthemtoguesswhatitmightbe.

Showthemtheimageonpage3toseeiftheywereright.Ifnobodyhasmen@onedit,pointouttheclawontheleB.Studentstelleachotherwhatanimaltheythinkitbelongsto.

Dictatethesentencebelow.Tellstudentstodrawalinewhenyousaygap.Asnake’seyesaren’tverygood,buttheycandetectmovement,soiftheGAPkeepsitsnerve,itmightjustavoiddetec=on.

Saythatthey’regoingtofindoutwhethertheirpredic@oninstep3iscorrect.Playvideo1fromthebeginningto01:30andpause.Didanyonegetthewordinthegap?Ifnot,repeatitacoupleof@mestoseeiftheycanworkitout.(Answer:hatchling=ayounganimalorbirdthathasrecentlycomeoutofanegg).

Tellstudentstopredictwhathappensnextandplaytherestofthevideo.Getthemtothinkofawordorphrasetodescribethevideoortheirreac@ontoit.Hopefullytheywillcomeupwiththingslikegripping,thrilling,beau=fullyshotandstunningratherthangoodandinteres=ng.

Nowdisplaythetextonpage4.Askstudentswhosheis.Whoishe?What’sthestory?Howdoesthesentencefinish?Studentsworkingroupsofthreetocomeupwithastory.(Youmaywanttotellthemthataturnofspeed=asuddenincreaseinspeedortellthemtolookitupthemselves.)

Tellstudentstoclosetheireyes.Blankthescreenandplayvideo1from00:55to01:30.Studentsinpairstelleachotherwhattheythinkwashappeningandthenopenclassfeedback.Don’tsaywhetheranyoneisrightyet.

Insmallclasses,askgroupstochooseaspokespersontotelltheirstorytotherestoftheclass.Inlargerclasses,regroupstudentsandgetthemtotelltheirstorytonewpartners.

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Tellstudentsthatthey’regoingtolistentoapieceofmusic.Doesthemusicgowiththeirstoryordo theywant tomake any changes? Blank the screen and play video 2 from the beginning to00:26.ABerlistening,studentsdiscusspossiblechanges.

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Nowplaythevideofromthebeginningto00:55.Askstudentstopredictwhysheisn’ttheone.Thenplayto01:02forthemtohearthereason.Weretheyright?Askstudentsiftheythinkitwillbe easy for the sloth to find a mate and then play to the end of the video. (Probably notimpossiblebecause“shecan’tbefaraway.”)

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STEP11TellstudentstosubscribetotheBBCEarthYouTubechanneltowatchmorevideoslikethese.

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