COUGARS ARE CATS!
This is a teacher or parent led lesson for any age and any number of students but best suited for 3rd- 6th grade. If done with younger kids, it will require the teacher to do research with the students.
Students will learn about the similarities and differences between cats of all sizes, wild and domestic. This will require some research on the student’s part, therefore it can be done as a multi day lesson. Vocabulary in this lesson includes: retractable claws, protract, nocturnal, crepuscular, diurnal, adaptation, physical and personality traits, terrestrial, obligate carnivores, ambush, stalk, rotational inertia. A teacher’s cheat sheet is provided at the end of the lesson.