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1. Why are animal life cycles important to us?
1. Why are animal life cycles important to us??
Todays learning: (WALT)
- Explain the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
- Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
Lesson Activities / Tasks
- VIDEO: Why are animal life cycles important to us?'
- Video Dialog:
- Animal life cycles are very important to farmers and us for food.
- Farmers have to breed their animals to get baby animals....
- either so the mother produces milk like dairy cows,
- or the babies grow up to produce meat like sheep, pigs or beef cows
- or the adults can be shorn for wool like sheep.
- Even poultry with, which don't have to be mated to produce eggs, laying eggs is still part of their life cycle
- Animals life cycles are effected by the seasons - sheep will only breed in the Autumn and so have their lambs in the spring.
- Cattle and pigs are less effected by the seasons but can be affected by very hot or cold weather
- The adult animals can only produce so many babies before they become too old or get ill and cannot reproduce any more.
- So as well as producing food from their animals, farmers must keep some as replacement mothers and fathers.
- To produce us food cheaply and efficiently a farmer aims to produce lots of milk and meat as cheaply as possible.
- To do this he keeps the best animals for replacement mums and dads.
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Complete first section of pupil work book
- Plenary
- Do quiz for relevant section in pupils workbook
Resources:
- Video: 'Why are animal life cycles important to us?'
Outcomes: (WILF)
- Describe the life cycle of some animals and how one animal changes as it grows e.g. lamb to adult sheep
- Explain how animal life cycles contribute to food production.
Teaching notes:
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