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Animals and Creatures That Help Us - Coggle Diagram
Animals and Creatures That Help Us
Social Science
Sup-Topic 1: Animals that Help People Work
Key Concept: Guide dogs and police dogs are examples of animals that help people stay safe, be independent, and work. (RSPCA, 2022)
Inquiry-based activity: After watching a brief film about guiding dogs, students talk about how animals enhance people's everyday life and social interactions.
Sub-Topic 2: Animals as Part of the Community.
Key Concept: Animals provide communities with food, resources, and company. (Department of Basic Education, 2011)
Inquiry-based activity: Students make a map of their town that illustrates the role that animals play in homes, farms, and the environment.
Technology
Sub-Topic 1: Tools That Help Us Care for Animals
Key Concept: To take care of and safeguard animals, people create equipment such as kennels, milking machines, and beehives. (TechnoKids, 2020)
Inquiry-based activity: Learners explore examples of animal care tools and design their own improved version using recyclable materials.
Sub-Topic 2: Designs Inspired by Animals
Key Concept: Certain inventions, like honeycomb designs for strength, are modeled after the architecture and actions of animals. (National Geographic, 2021)
Inquiry-based activity: Students construct a model of a "animal-inspired invention" after identifying instances of biomimicry in the natural world.
Natural Science
Sup-Topic 2: Soil and Earthworms
Key Concept: By breaking down organic matter, earthworms improve the soil for plant growth. (National Geographic Kids, 2023)
Inquiry-based activity: To see how worms turn waste into rich soil, students construct a miniature compost jar with soil, leaves, and worms.
Sup-Topic 1: Pollination and Bees
Inquiry-based activity: Students talk about how pollination sustains plant life while simulating bees moving pollen from one blossom to another using cotton buds.
Key Concept: By moving pollen from one flower to another, bees aid in the growth of plants, promoting biodiversity and food production. (Department of Basic Education, 2011)