Lesson: Animals
Focus: Mammals
Objective: Teach what characteristics define mammals in the animal kingdom.
Positive Transfer: Create a lesson about common mammals that can be found in our area and homes i.e. dogs, cats, skunks, deer, raccoons, rabbits… Discuss what these animals all have in common that we can see such as fur, four legs, eyes, ears, teeth…
Near Transfer: Create a lesson that teaches them about the characteristics of mammals that can’t be observed such as warm blooded, skeleton, breath air, give birth to live young, nurse their babies, some are vegetarian, some are carnivorous…
Far Transfer: Share with the class other mammals that might not be as familiar such as humans, whales and dolphins. Note how they might not meet all of our previous characteristics such as fur and have four legs. But lead the discussion on what they do have in common such as breathing air and nursing their young.
Prevent Negative Transfer: Talk about other animals that may share some characteristics of mammals, but why they are not mammals i.e. birds are warm blooded but lay eggs.
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