Lesson Planning

Children discover a heavy object in their classroom. They learn how horses and elephants have been trained to move heavy items and compare and contrast this with machines.

Teaching Outcomes
To identify and describe strong animals that can be trained to help humans complete difficult tasks, compare and contrast using animals and machines to undertake the same role, create models and puppets using imagination to combine and decorate materials.

Children will:

• Know that some animals can be trained to undertake specific jobs.
• Understand that people choose animals for specific roles because of their talents.
• Be able to compare and contrast the effect of animals and machines.