Animal Communication

Animal Communication
Timeline
  • Lesson 3A: 2 hours 
  • Lesson 3B: 2 hours 
  • Unit 3 Review 
    • Summative Assessment: 10 minutes 
    • Putting It All Together: 30 minutes 
Essential Statements
  • I can discuss how animals communicate over distance. 
  • I can talk about why humans need to communicate over distance.  
  • I can communicate with my class over distance. 
  • I can explain why things are visible in the dark when they are illuminated. 
Essential Questions

How do animals communicate? 

How do fireflies communicate? 

Unit
3

Vocabulary

  • Communicate — to share information, news, or ideas (Lesson 3A)  
  • Illuminate — made bright by light shi9ning on it or by making light (Lesson 3B)  
  • Light — the opposite of dark, it is a type of energy that makes things bright enough to see (Lesson 3B)