Summary
A short Nature Cat clip (~3 min). The gang learns how prairie chickens call and dance to send messages to one another out on the open grassland. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Out on the prairie, prairie chickens have special sounds and dances to “talk” to each other.
- How does a prairie chicken send a message?
- Why might animals need to communicate with each other?
- What can animals do better when they live in a group?
- How do people send messages without using words?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: prairie, communicate, signal, group, behavior.
Try it: Make up a signal (a sound or a movement) that means “hello.” Try it with a partner.