A ‘Big’ family

The video clips on the following slides can be downloaded from the site mentioned and used as prompts for discussions

What do you observe in the picture? Name the animal, the place GROUP I What do you observe in the picture? Name the animal, the place Describe the animal and the place Are they in groups or alone? What do you know about them?

What do you observe about the elephant herd? GROUP II What do you observe about the elephant herd? Are all the elephants the same? What is the colour of the elephant ? Describe the herd.

GROUP III What do you observe in the picture? What does the elephant eat? What is the baby elephant doing? What is the young one of an elephant called? What is its name in the lesson? How is the leg of the elephant?

GROUP IV What do you observe in the picture? Which part of the body helps it to drink water? What are the uses of it?

What do you observe in the picture? Why did it do this? GROUP V What do you observe in the picture? Why did it do this? Do you also do things like this? What does it tell you about the elephant?

GROUP VI Are they calves or adult elephants? What is one baby elephant called? What are they doing? Do you also play like this?

GROUP VII What are they doing? What do observe about the skin and ears of the elephant?

What do you observe?

GROUP VIII What are they doing? Do you also behave like this? When? Why?

GROUP IX What is Nandu doing? Where is he? Why? Is he like you in your family? Why does the mother cover him with dust?

Which are the body parts being used by the elephant? GROUP IX What are they doing? Which are the body parts being used by the elephant?

Let us discuss- What do all these activities of the elephants tell you about them? Do you think that living in a large family is fun? Why? Would you like to live in such a family? Do you think the elephant calves are well cared for and taught by its mothers?