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DOGS
Natural Science
Characteristics of dogs
Activity: Drawing of a dog that is helping a person.
How to Identify dogs that helps us? Calm demeanor, works alongside their handler, ignoring other distractions (Google AI,2010).
How do dogs help us? Unconditional love, emotional support, enhances physical health, social connection, stress relief, enhance mental health and cognitive health (Schomaker, 2025).
Caring for dogs that helps us
How to care for a dog? Feeding, fresh, clean water available, grooming, exercise and handling (ASPCA, 2025).
Activity: Create a poster that explains how to care for a dog in groups of 3-4 learners.
Common dog diseases: Cancer, diabetes, heartworm, kennel cough, parvovirus and ringworm (ASPCA, 2025).
Types of dogs that help us
What type of dogs that help us do you get? Guide dogs, sniffer dogs and watch dogs (DoBE, 2011).
activity: Match the correct dog that help us to their handlers for example, police dog to a policeman.
What breeds are good police dogs? Border Collies, German Shepherds, Belgian Shepherds, Labradors, Bloodhounds, Rottweilers, Golden Retrievers, German Shorthair Pointers and Jack Russells adhering to specific requirements (SAPS,2024)
Technology
Innovations inspired by animals
Activity: Design a tracking device
Guide dogs for visually imparement
Rescue drones and robots designed to imitate how dogs locate survivors using heat or sent detection (ChatGPT, 16 October 2025)
Tools and technologies to support animals
Activity: Make a dog kennel.
Habitats
Prosthetics
Human-animal interaction through tech
Activity: Invent a new tech tool for a helping dog
Wearable Communication devices for dogs (Moore, Sun, Peet & Lau, 2018).
Research and rescue technology (Moore, Sun, Peet & Lau, 2018).
Social Science
Historical use of animals
Activity: Discuss how dogs helped through time
Transport - how animals helped with transportation.
Farming and food - how animals helped with farming. Hunting dogs (Williams, 2024).
Cultural significance of animals
Activity: Create a helping dog map
Interactions with dogs: dogs are part of the family and not only used for hunting or herding (Dogsoul, 2024).
Companionship of a dog (dogsoul, 2024).
Community roles involving animals
Activity: Create a poster to explain the roles dogs play in our community
Animal assisted therapy in therapeutic treatment plans (Psychology Today, 2022).
Security dogs