The water of the pond surrounds the beaver lodge and this is protection from predators for the beaver. In this video lesson, students will learn about the physical characteristics of beavers and will see how they construct their dams and lodges. They will learn that a beaver dam can raise the water level of a pond by a meter or more. The lesson should take about 45 minutes. In preparation for this lesson, the teacher should make a lesson outline chart that will be taped to the top of the television screen and hang in front.
Students can look at the chart while the teacher is introducing the lesson.
This is the title of the video and the springboard topic for the previewing discussion. Have students fill out the 10-sentence pretest by checking the statements with which they agree in Column A. Collect the pretest without discussion, but explain to students that they will fill out Column B after the video. At that time, they can compare their answers and check with the master pretest to find out the correct answers. Tell students that if they watch and listen to the beaver video they should find the correct answers to the pretest questions. Go back to the lesson outline chart and draw the students attention to the bottom of the chart.