Lesson 201: Defensive Plays

       
 

Questions

  

How do spiders avoid enemies?
What are the successful strategies?

       
 

Game Plan

 

  

See how successful you are at hiding a spider.
SpiderRoom.info. . . Spider Survival . . . Playing Defense

 

 
   

Become a mimic and explore other strategies for survival.
SpiderRoom.info . . . Spider Survival . . . Playing Defense

 

 
   

Explain how a spider may use mimicry or camouflage to protect itself.
SpiderRoom.info . . . Glossary

 
   

Design your own Spiderflage! Color a spider and determine the best camouflage.
SpiderRoom.info . . . Anansi’s Classroom . . . Lesson 201 Game Plan . . . Activity 201 A: Spiderflage

 
   

Think like a spider! If you were a spider, how would you survive in your room? Write an action-packed story about which would work best, mimicry or camouflage, to keep you alive in your room.

 

 
   

Read about spiders.

  • My First Insect, Spiders and Crawlers: Pop-Up Field Guide, a book by Cecilia Fitzsimons
  • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, a book by Gerald McDemott
  • Spiders, a book by Illa Podendorf
  • Spiderman: Anancy, a book by James Berry
  • The Spider World, a book by Penelope Naylor

SpiderRoom.info . . . Spider Yarns

 

 
   

Be a spider mathematician.

  • A teacher hid 8 camouflaged spiders in the classroom. His students found 5 of them. How many spiders were still hiding?
  • A movie about spiders lasts 3/4 of an hour. How many minutes long is this movie?

 

 

What I have learned

  

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