K-4 Stoat
Bronze level
Published on 12/12/2014
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Learning objectives
- Reading: Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas o...
- Reading: Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locat...
- Reading: Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words i...
Created for
Age 7 and below
Ages 8 - 10
Subject
Art / Design
Social Studies
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Problem solving & innovation (creativity)
Required hardware
PC
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Independent study
Learning activity details
(Despite five-alarm levels of cuteness, the stoat, or short-tailed weasel, is a ruthless hunter of other cute critters. Hamsters, pikas, and rabbits are regular victims of the stoat’s appetite.
Found across the upper reaches of the Northern Hemisphere, the stoat has particular significance in Europe and Russia, where the white winter fur (which is brown in summer time) was once prized as a symbol of wealth and purity. Royal accoutrements and robes were often lined with winter stoat fur, known as ermine, and coats-of-arms often replicated the fur with fields of white and small black symbols, emulating the stoat’s black-tipped tail.)
The fur of stoats was often replicated on coats-of-arms as a symbol of wealth and purity. If you were to design a coat-of-arms for your family, what are three symbols you would use?
© Berndt Fischer/age fotostock
Found across the upper reaches of the Northern Hemisphere, the stoat has particular significance in Europe and Russia, where the white winter fur (which is brown in summer time) was once prized as a symbol of wealth and purity. Royal accoutrements and robes were often lined with winter stoat fur, known as ermine, and coats-of-arms often replicated the fur with fields of white and small black symbols, emulating the stoat’s black-tipped tail.)
The fur of stoats was often replicated on coats-of-arms as a symbol of wealth and purity. If you were to design a coat-of-arms for your family, what are three symbols you would use?
© Berndt Fischer/age fotostock