One Pages 1 amp 2 Jane was 5 years old She had a question Where does an egg come out of a chicken Do you know Where does a chicken have a hole in it big enough for an egg to come out Yet she knew eggs DO come out of chickens ID: 685546
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Slide1
During/after
Reading
Chapter
OneSlide2
Pages 1 & 2
Jane was 5 years old. She had a question:
“Where does an egg come out of a chicken?”
Do you know? Where does a chicken have a hole in it big enough for an egg to come out? Yet, she knew eggs DO come out of chickens.
How would you find the answer to this question?
How does Jane find the answer?
Does the very young Jane already
‘think like a scientist’? click on the chicken to find out!Slide3
Pages 1 & 2
Descriptive Verbs do a lot to make writing more interesting!
Find as many descriptive verbs as you can on
page 1.
Try to think of a more common verb could have been used in its place.
Afterwards, click on the box below for some suggestions....
Descriptive VerbCommon Verbcrouchedsquatted tickled
brushed
against
spoil
ruin
protruding
Sticking outstruttedwalkedtumbledfellSlide4
Pages 1 & 2
What quality does Jane suggest is necessary for someone to have if they want to study animal behaviour?
Patience
(being able to wait for something that you want)
What is the study of animal behaviour called?
click to see the answerSlide5
Pages 3 & 4
According to the 1
st
paragraph on page 3....
Should people think of themselves as animals?
Yes, we are mammals
.
Goodall writes, “...the word animal includes all living creatures except for plants.” What is a creature?
Click for an answer
Used in this sense, it seems to mean any living thing. It comes from the verb, ‘to create’ and probably comes from the Christian idea that God made all the living things on Earth.
Click for discussionSlide6
Why is this duck chasing the camera?Slide7
Pages 3 & 4
Goodall
says
Konrad
Lorenz was the first
ethologist
. He discovered that geese would attach to the first living thing they saw after hatching as being their mother. Click on and watch the video to the left to find out what term (word) scientists use to refer to this phenomena ( occurrence)
Hint: this word is given between 2:50 & 3:50 on the video.
And the word is... imprinting
Click for an answerSlide8
Pages 3 & 4
Goodall
says
Konrad
Lorenz was the first
ethologist
. He discovered that geese would attach to the first living thing they saw after hatching as being their mother. Click on and watch the video to the left to find out what term (word) scientists use to refer to this phenomena
(occurrence)
Hint: this word is given between 2:50 & 3:50 on the video.
And the word is...
imprinting Slide9
Pages 5 & 6
Who is the other
ethologist
mentioned by
Goodall
on pp. 5-6?
Karl sin Fridge
Karl fon VrischKarl von FrischKarl son FridgeHe wanted to know how honey beesCommunicated the location of food
Sources to other bees in the hive.
Click on the to find out more.Slide10
Page 7
Then there are other
ethologists
who also go to
The home of the animals they wish to study but do
Not do experiments. They just watch, wait for
things to happen, and record what they hear and
see. That is what I do. Goodall makes a smooth transition (change) in her writing when she moves from talking about other ethologists to talking about herself. Look closely at the text to find the 3 sentences that she uses to accomplish this transition. They are:
Click for an answerSlide11
After Reading
All of the scientists
Goodall
writes about ask a lot of questions. In fact, it would almost seem to be the central requirement for one to be a scientist: that one be exceptionally curious.
How curious are you?
What do you wonder about?
Think about animals you have known or lived with. Did you notice any interesting unexplained behaviour? What questions can you think of when you consider cats, dogs and the other animals YOU are familiar with?