Big Cats Sounds

 

Overview:
In this lesson the students will explore the sounds of big cats. They will learn how both lions and tigers are able to roar loudly, and how these sounds are used to call a pride together or to warn other animals to stay away.

Materials required:
A computer connected to the Internet, wildlife magazines, a tape recorder, desktop publishing program, KidPix Deluxe or similar multimedia presentation software, construction paper, markers and crayons

Vocabulary:
a. sounds           b. loud             c. roar         d. warning

Procedures:
This lesson is structured in the style of Bloom's Taxonomy.  It is meant to integrate higher level thinking skills into this unit.  The activities listed below are set up to be completed within a week. 

Activities:

Knowledge- Learn how big cats use their sounds to warn other animals and as a means of communication with their prides.	Comprehension- Make a list of sounds that are produced that mean warning.
Application- Use desktop publishing to write, edit and publish a picture book and a tape recording that goes along with it that could be used to teach other young children about big cats sounds.	Analysis- Allow the students to cut out magazine pictures of things that make noise.  Then on a chart labeled Loud Sounds and Soft Sounds, have them to paste their pictures under the heading to which they belong.
Synthesis- Using desktop publishing, write, edit and publish a short story explaining how the lion got his roar. Post at Funhouse.	Technology Connection:   Big Cats Sounds - Listen to the thrilling sounds of the big cats: leopard, cheetah, puma, lynx. Rainforest Sounds: Kid Explorers - Hear 85 rainforest sounds. Visit Classroom Connect- there teachers can get a free membership, click on The Quest Channel and have students take an interactive Africa or South American quest to learn more about big cats.

Extension:
Allow the students to make their own simple slide show/storyboard of animals and their sounds using KidPix Studio Deluxe, at the site, type in KidPix under Search to purchase program. Another multimedia software program may be used for older students, such as PowerPoint or HyperStudio.

Home Learning:

Visit the Animal Planet web site, click on Animals A to Zoo, and then click on Video Zoo, look for Big Cats. Draw a picture and write three telling sentences about animal that was featured during one of the videos.

Evaluation:
Have the students to orally explain their Animals and their Sounds slide shows/storyboard; teachers can design an evaluation at Rubistar Storyboard Rubric.

Book List:

 

 

Animals Eating                                      A New True Book

By Jane Burton                                        African Animals

Newington Press, 1991                            By John Wallace Purcell

                                                              Children Press, Chicago 1982

Animals Talking                                    Nature’s Children

By Jane Burton                                        By Bill Ivy

Newington Press 1991                             Grolier Limited, 1990

                                                       

A Children’s Zoo

By Tana Hoban

Grenwillow Books, New York 1985

 

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