Wild Animal Stampede
Before beginning a unit about animals, students will participate in a wild animal safari activity.
1) Write or print a list of animals and cut the list into strips of paper with one animal per strip. Be sure to have one strip per student in the class. Choose a wide range of animals (ex. ant, sloth, kangaroo, shark, eagle, etc).
2) Have all students stand up and give each one a strip of paper with the animal name on it. Tell students that they are going to participate in a wild animal stampede. When you say go, you will turn off the lights and the students will mingle around the room immitating their animal's noises and movements. They are not allowed to speak during the activity. At the same time that they are immitating their animal, they should also try to notice the other animals around them.
3) Let students do the stampede for 30 seconds to a minute. Then turn on the light and have students make pairs. Tell students that they are all biologists who just observed this wild animal stampede. They should tell their partner the animals that they think they can identify and why they think it was a particular animal (ex. What was the animal doing? How was it acting? What noises was it making? etc)
4) After a few minutes have students make a circle and one by one students guess what animal each person was immitating.
Variation: You can play a video of animal sound effects on Youtube during the activity to add to the ambiance.
Use your handout as a reference to answer these questions:
-Does this warm up fit into one or more of the five categories?
-What function(s) does this warm up serve?
-What principles are present/missing?
-How might you adapt, improve, or expand upon this warm up?
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