Lesson · Kindergarten · Science
Night animals: awake while we sleep
- Kindergarten
- Science
- 54 s
- British Columbia
- BCK-SC-12
In the day, a child is awake while an owl sleeps in a tree, a bat sleeps hanging upside down and a raccoon sleeps in a hollow log. Then the sun goes down, the child goes to sleep, and the owl, the bat and the raccoon wake up to find food, because night animals are awake while we sleep.
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Who is awake at night while we sleep?
In the day, the sun is up.
Transcript
What the lesson says
Who is awake at night while we sleep?
In the day, the sun is up.
In the day, we are awake.
This owl sleeps in a tree all day.
This bat sleeps hanging upside down.
This raccoon sleeps in a hollow log.
Now the sun goes down, and it is night.
At night, we go to sleep.
The owl wakes up to hunt for food.
The bat wakes up and catches bugs.
The raccoon wakes up and looks for food.
Night animals are awake while we sleep.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Kindergarten
Science, Biology: living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cyclesBCK-SC-12
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