Great Barrier Reef - Saltwater Crocodiles and Dugongs Bonus Lesson
Calendar Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN-rnqdjDI0
Music - Please continue to practice the program songs. I am Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39o3yfqzf8o Jesus is Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmWGY17kLnY&t=1s You Are My Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1zNfHrKZHE Clap Your Hands and Wind the Bobbin Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMDpOKUY5yk Fun dance video KIDZ BOP Kids - Dance Monkey (Dance Along)
Word Work- Trace, Cut, Match and Paste -at worksheet.
Learning Without Tears- Use straights and curves you find around the house to write out your last name. Remember to start with a capital letter and follow with lower case letters.
Building- Use your blocks to make a maze. Pretend that you have a dugong that is searching for seagrass. Have him follow the maze you built to make it to the grass at the end. This can be really fun to build if you have legos and a project board. Make the path just wide enough for a marble to roll through. Place the marble in your maze and tilt to board to help it roll through the maze.
Science- You will need three clear cups, water, salt, food coloring (any color) and an ice cube.
• Help your kids measure out one cup of water for each of the three cups. • Leave one alone and add two tablespoons of salt in the other two. Make sure to let your kids measure and pour. Stir the salt into the water to help it
dissolve. • Next, add a drop of food coloring to the first cup with only water. Watch how the color spreads easily. • When they are done watching, they can move on to the first cup of salt water. Tell them that the salt water is more like ocean water. See what happens when they add a drop of food coloring to this cup. It should spread much slower because the water is more dense. • In the third cup, carefully place an ice cube on top of the salt water. Don’t bump the cup at all because we are trying to have the freshwater sit on top of the salt water. When the ice cube is fully melted, put in your drop of food coloring. The color should move quickly through the freshwater (like the first cup) and change when it “hits” the salt water. **What does this have to do with crocodiles? “Crocodile Discussion: Salt Water Crocodiles can travel hundreds of miles through the ocean, where they only have salt water to drink. Salt water treats food coloring differently than normal water does, and it can cause problems if a crocodile (or any other animal) gets too much inside their body. How do you think crocodiles handle the salt? They actually have salt glands on their tongues that excrete the extra salt in their bodies!” from http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2014/05/salt-water-and-fresh-water- experiment.html?m=1#_a5y_p=1725046
VIdeo Clips- I could not choose from the video clips today. The first two are about the saltwater crocodile. Although we mostly think of it as being near the coast and in swamps, they also swim out by the Great Barrier Reef! https://youtu.be/rnLMax5LjXY https://youtu.be/tBs55pqN5qg The second two are about the dugong. It’s like a manatee, but still it’s own animal. Both the saltwater crocodile and the dugong are endangered species in Australia. https://youtu.be/PyDmNXIa8Fo https://youtu.be/YE1Ex5kB3xk
Writing- In your journal, write today’s date at the top. Tell whether you like the saltwater crocodile or the dugong better. Why? Draw a picture of the animal you chose.
Read Aloud- Listen to Somewhere in the Reef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qN8IF9YwQ
Movement- We will sing the crocodile song and act it out but make variations for Australia. 5 little fishies swimming in the sea. Teasing baby crocodile, “Can’t catch me.” Along comes the saltwater crocodile, as quiet as can be… SNAP! 4 little fishies swimming in the sea.
Art and Fine Motor- Color the entire clothespin green. Add a zigzag on the back and nostrils with a darker color and glue on two google eyes. Glue in a red tongue and sharp teeth. Now you have a cute little crocodile.
Art- Color the picture of the dugong. Make sure to color all of the grass on the ocean floor so that he has plenty to eat! Ask them to color the grass 10 blades at a time and have them count out 10 blades, then switch colors. When they are finished, they can count by tens. This herbivore is hungry! Do you think those fish swimming close by are safe? Why or why not?
Math- Grab a deck of cards. Use only the cards with numbers on them. With a partner, each of you draws a card. Then use the crocodile greater than less than symbols to show which number is bigger. **You can also play this game with dice. You can use one for each side or two on each side to add a challenge. There is a full game available here if you want to check it out. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Greater-Than-Less-Than-Equals-To- Crocodiles-868285