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  1. Activity 1: Cats and their Coats
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Activity 1: Cats and their Coats

Students will compare and contrast the habitats and coat patterns of lions, tigers, and leopards. Describe how the coat patterns of big cats help them survive in different habitats. Students will create a human coat to act as camouflage for a habitat familiar to them.

Cats & their Coats

Activity

  • Grade levels K-4th grade
  • Description: Students will view pictures, listen to sounds, and gather information from the National Geographic website to learn how the coats of big cats; lions, tigers, and leopards, help them survive in their habitats. Students then illustrate a coat for themselves that can help camouflage them in a chosen setting, and present their drawings explaining the patterns they chose and why they chose them.
  • Links: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/big-cats/

Questions to ponder:

  • What habitat does this cat live in?
  • Does their coat help them camouflage?
  • In what situation would humans need to camoflauge?
  • What other functions do fur coats have for cats?

Instructions:

  • Materials Needed: Crayons, Drawing paper, Pencils
    • View the National Geographic photo gallery images of lions, tigers, and leopards.
    • What types of big cats are shown in the video.
    • Describe the specific physical characteristics of each cat, including the color and pattern of their different coats. How does the cat’s surroundings look, is there tall grass? dark trees?
    • Now that you know the function of the cat’s coats, can you create a coat for humans?
    • How will the human camouflage coat look?
    • How will it camouflage into human habitat?
    • Be creative and design a useful coat by drawing and adding color to it. Will your coat help you be a better swimmer? Be a faster runner? Or will it keep you cozy and warm in the winter?

Vocabulary:

  • Camouflage/Noun/tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings.
  • Forest/Noun/ecosystem filled with trees and underbrush.
  • Habitat/Noun/environment where an organism lives throughout the year or for shorter periods of time.
  • Savanna/Noun/type of tropical grassland with scattered trees.