Deer, Part 2

Introductory Facts

Watch the 3-minute video "Nine Deer and Me" (or read the book if you have it). A deer community is called a herd, and they can live in herds of up to one hundred thousand. 

Deer are mentioned in the first verse of "Home on the range", as well as the chorus. Review it (from the bison session) and practice singing it. 

Curriculum areas: X02a, X02b

Activity 1

Deer antlers grow faster than anything else on the planet! See how fast and how tall you can stack blocks. Keep a record of how many minutes/seconds before the block tower falls down, how many blocks there were, and how tall it was, and then make a graph of it.

Curriculum areas: L10c, M08f, E08b

Activity 2

Pretend your hands are deer antlers, holding them up to your head with the thumbs above your ears. Each little spoke on the antler is called a tine - do you want one, two, three, or four tines on your antlers? Pick a different number for each hand and see how many you have in total. Then pick new numbers of tines.

Curriculum areas: M01a, M01b, M01d

Lunch Snack

Find some venison to try! Or make flatbread or celery deer heads.

Curriculum areas: S13b, S13c

Activity 3

Watch the 7-minute video "Drawing St. Godric's Deer" and draw a deer!

Curriculum areas: M06b, M06c, L11c