Discovery Center
On the Move
Overview: Students move around the room to learn the definition of migrate.

 

Time: 20 minutes

Location: Indoors

Learner Outcomes:

1. Students will understand the need for animals to move in order to survive.

 

Materials

1. Cards numbered from 1 to 5, with enough blank ones so that each student has a card.

You Will Need:
1. Student chairs in a circle.
2. CD player or radio.

DO:

Introduction:

1. Migration is when an animal moves so that it can
   survive.
2. Name an animal that might move somewhere else
   so that it can survive?
3. Why did you choose this critter?
   
   Activity:
   • Form two chair circles-the first one will need to be one chair less than the other. Play the music, yet each time that the music stops all of the children (who are the animal that they chose) must find a chair. Remember to remove2 chairs from the original circle to a new circle each time the music stops. Do this until all chairs are in a new circle.
   •Once all the children have migrated from the original circle or homeland to their winter nesting ground, replay the game to get them back home.
   

Conclusion:

1. Why is migration important?
2. How does it help an animal survive?
3. What are the most facts that you learned?
   

 

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