Unit 4 Wildlife protection 教學設計

unit 4 wildlife protection 教學設計
period 1: warming up and reading
teaching aims
to talk about endangered species
to read about wildlife protection
procedures
i. warming up by learning about animals
look at the photos below and listen to me telling you about the animals, the endangered animals.
the giant panda is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, beside, that is native to central china.
the giant panda lives in mountainous regions, like sichuan and tibet. the giant panda is the symbol of the world wildlife fund (wwf), a conservation organization. toward the latter half of the 20th century, the panda also became somewhat of a national emblem for china, and is now used in chinese gold coins.
giant pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued loss of habitat and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. about 1,600 are believed to survive in the wild.
milu deer is a chinese deer. it has a long tail, wide hooves, and branched antlers. another chinese name for it is “four unlikes,.” because the animals were seen as having the horns of a stag, the neck of a camel, the foot of a cow, and the tail of an ass.
these animals were first made known to western science in the 19th century, by father arm and david, a french missionary working in china. at the time, the only surviving herd was in a preserve belonging to the chinese emperor. the last herd of milu deers that remained in china were eaten by western and japanese troops that were present at the time of the boxer rebellion.
these deer are now found in zoos around the world, and a herd of milu deer was reintroduced to dafeng reserve, china in the late 1980s. they are classified as “critically endangered.” in the wild, but do not appear to have suffered from a genetic bottleneck because of small population size.
a tiger is a large cat famous for its beautiful fur of orange striped with black. tigers live in asia and are becoming very rare. this is due to people hunting them for their fur and destroying the forests they live in.
ii. pre-reading
1. defining wildlife
what does the world wildlife mean?
the term wildlife refers to living organisms that are not in any way artificial or domesticated and which exist in natural habitats. wildlife can refer to flora (plants) but more commonly refers to fauna (animals). needless to say, wildlife is a very general term for life in various ecosystems. deserts, rainforests, plains, and other areas—including the most built-up urban sites—all have distinct forms of wildlife.