Unit 5, Lesson 5: Domestication & Animals
Learning Target: I can infer how domestication helped humans
Class Activities:
1. The kids walked in and took out the handout, titled "Domestication and Evolution." They did the do now at the top of sheet, which asked them to define domesticated and list 3-4 examples of domesticated animals. We reviewed the do now and differentiated between "domesticated" and "tamed" & wrote the definitions on our papers. "Domesticated" means that an entire population of animals is controlled, including their eating habits and reproduction. "Tamed" means that one singular animal is controlled. So I can maybe tame a lion, but lions aren't domesticated. Get it?
2. We listened to a podcast about a scientist who tried to domesticate foxes in order to study evolution. It's embedded below. Students wrote down key words as we listened.
3. We watched a two minute video for part 2 and answered the questions:
4. We also watched a clip from "Guns, Germs, & Steel" about how domesticated animals can help a civilization advance more rapidly. The answers to the video questions are:
1. How many species of wild animals are there estimated to be? 2 million
2. List at least 3 characteristics of animals that are easily domesticated. social animals, innate social hierarchy, they reproduce at a young age.
3. How has the zebra evolved to succeed in the wild savannah of Africa but to fail at domestication? It's skittish and nervous, which makes it good at escaping lions, cheetahs, etc. However, that makes it very difficult to domesticate.
4. How many animals have been successfully domesticated? List at least 2 examples here. 14 have been successfully domesticated. Examples include the water buffalo, cow, pig, llama, horse, & goat.
5. Which region of the world had majority of the easily domesticated plants and animals? Middle East/Fertile Crescent
4. We had a couple minutes left, so students worked on questions to part 4, Thinking bigger.
Papers handed in today:
Skittlefish packet
Homework:
Finish "Domestication and Evolution" handout
Class Activities:
1. The kids walked in and took out the handout, titled "Domestication and Evolution." They did the do now at the top of sheet, which asked them to define domesticated and list 3-4 examples of domesticated animals. We reviewed the do now and differentiated between "domesticated" and "tamed" & wrote the definitions on our papers. "Domesticated" means that an entire population of animals is controlled, including their eating habits and reproduction. "Tamed" means that one singular animal is controlled. So I can maybe tame a lion, but lions aren't domesticated. Get it?
2. We listened to a podcast about a scientist who tried to domesticate foxes in order to study evolution. It's embedded below. Students wrote down key words as we listened.
3. We watched a two minute video for part 2 and answered the questions:
- The wolf was the first animal to be domesticated
- They helped early humans hunt, & they were a source of protection.
4. We also watched a clip from "Guns, Germs, & Steel" about how domesticated animals can help a civilization advance more rapidly. The answers to the video questions are:
1. How many species of wild animals are there estimated to be? 2 million
2. List at least 3 characteristics of animals that are easily domesticated. social animals, innate social hierarchy, they reproduce at a young age.
3. How has the zebra evolved to succeed in the wild savannah of Africa but to fail at domestication? It's skittish and nervous, which makes it good at escaping lions, cheetahs, etc. However, that makes it very difficult to domesticate.
4. How many animals have been successfully domesticated? List at least 2 examples here. 14 have been successfully domesticated. Examples include the water buffalo, cow, pig, llama, horse, & goat.
5. Which region of the world had majority of the easily domesticated plants and animals? Middle East/Fertile Crescent
4. We had a couple minutes left, so students worked on questions to part 4, Thinking bigger.
Papers handed in today:
Skittlefish packet
Homework:
Finish "Domestication and Evolution" handout
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