# Deer, Part 2

#### Introductory Facts

Watch the 3-minute video "[Nine Deer and Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZTBlhGSi0)" (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_on_the_Range)", as well as the chorus. Review it (from the [bison ](https://wiki.srp.life/books/early-years-themes/page/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.

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Curriculum areas: S13b, S13c

#### Activity 3

Watch the 7-minute video "[Drawing St. Godric's Deer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLGyNRGrA0)" and draw a deer!

Curriculum areas: M06b, M06c, L11c