cover ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE_2.qxp_cover Time 21/9/16 8:12 PM Page 1 Level 2 Components: Reader with DIGI MATERIAL cross-platform application (ios, Android, Windows, MacOSX) Level 1 300 headwords Level 2 450 headwords Level 3 600 headwords Level 4 800 headwords CLIL READERS ISBN 978-1-4715-3343-3 Level 5 1,000 headwords Level 6 1,200 headwords Jenny Dooley Virginia Evans Animal Camouflage (Science) explores the amazing ways animals are able to disguise themselves in order to survive. What colour are many arctic animals? How can a caterpillar scare a bird? Which spider has got a clever hiding place? Animal Camouflage Explore our World CLIL Readers are graded readers from levels 1-6. They cover a range of subjects and themes, promoting Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL).
Contents LET S START!... 2 1 COLOURS FOR HIDING... 4 2 PATTERNS FOR HIDING... 6 3 DISGUISES... 8 4 MIMICRY... 10 READ MORE How The Zebra Got Its Stripes... 16 ACTIVITIES... 18 MY PORTFOLIO... 25 PICTURE DICTIONARY... 31 5 UNDERWATER CAMOUFLAGE.. 12 6 CAMOUFLAGE HOMES... 14
LET S START! Do you and your friends play hide and seek? If you wear brown, you can hide by a tree. If you wear green, you can hide in the grass. Your friends cannot see you. This is camouflage! Animals use camouflage, too! They use colours, patterns or shapes. These things help them hide. 2
Look at the pictures. Can you see the animals? What animals are they? Why are they hard to see? 3
COLOURS FOR HIDING Some animals use colour to hide. This is called concealing coloration. The arctic fox lives in a cold, snowy world. Look left. Everything is white! Look right. Everything is white! So the arctic fox is white, too! The arctic fox uses concealing coloration. Its white fur is the same colour as the white snow. The arctic fox uses concealing coloration to catch its prey. Look! The arctic fox is the same colour as the snow. Can you see it? 4
Look out little hare! The arctic fox is coming! The arctic hare uses concealing coloration, too! Its fur is also white. This helps it hide from its predators. The arctic hare stops! It can hear the arctic fox. The hare does not move. The arctic fox cannot see the hare. It hides on the snow. The hare is safe! 5 In the summer, the arctic fox changes colour. Its fur turns brown! Go to Activities p.18, My Portfolio 1 p.25
PATTERNS FOR HIDING Look at the hungry leopard! It is hunting in the tall grass. From a few metres away, it is hard to see. But the leopard is not the same colour as the grass. Then, how does it hide? The spots of the leopard make a pattern. The pattern hides the leopard! This is called disruptive coloration. Watch out, zebras! A leopard is close! 6
The zebras use disruptive coloration, too! Zebras travel together in a herd. Their stripes blend in together. It is difficult for a leopard to see a single zebra. The herd looks like a big wall of stripes! A leopard often takes its prey up a tree to eat it! 7 Go to Activities p.19, My Portfolio 2 p.26
16 How The Zebra Got Its Stripes This is a zebra and his son. Look! They are all white! It s very hot today. They are thirsty, so they walk down to the pond. When they arrive, they see a baboon next to a fire. He looks angry! The baboon shouts, This is my pond. Go away! The zebra s son answers, But why? We are thirsty. The baboon says, You can t have my water. I am the King of the Water. The water is for all the animals. It s not just for you! the young zebra says bravely. The baboon stands up and says, Do you want some water? OK, then. Let s have a fight! If you win, you can have the water. But if you lose, you have to leave.
So the baboon and the young zebra start to fight. Suddenly, the zebra kicks the baboon with his back legs. The baboon flies into the air. He lands hard on his bottom. Ouch! Now there is no fur on his bottom. He feels so silly! He runs away with his hands over his poor, sore bottom! The two zebras laugh and move backwards. But they walk into the baboon s fire. The fire burns black stripes on their white fur! The zebras are very shocked. They run away into the grass, where they still live to this day! And that is how zebras got their stripes! 17 Go to Activities p.24
1 COLOURS FOR HIDING 1 Label the pictures. arctic hare world fur arctic fox hide snow 1 3 5......... 2 4 6......... 2 Read and circle the correct words. 1 The arctic fox lives in a hot / cold world. 2 The arctic hare has got white / brown fur. 3 The arctic fox is a predator / prey. 4 The arctic hare is a predator / prey. 5 The arctic hare uses concealing coloration to catch food / hide. 6 The arctic fox is white / brown in the summer. 18
1 Find the words. Label the pictures. 2 PATTERNS FOR HIDING 1... 2... 3... P W A L L H Z E B R A B Z P B Q U D N M D J A L O I Y N L S R P G H E P H R G C E A M Q K O L C I R W O Y D N I P A D Y Y W D U G C F A H P R K W R Z G J O R E B D N D H M D D U D R K L B A G D Q G Y N D O F Z Y O P L P J F P B G R A S S Z S 4... 5... 6... 2 Read and match. 1 This animal hides in the grass. 2 This animal is prey. 3 This animal has got stripes. 4 This animal has got spots. 5 This animal travels in a herd. 6 This animal eats its prey up a tree. A B 19
1 Read and circle the correct picture. 1 It is a pond. 4 It is a fire. HOW THE ZEBRA GOT ITS STRIPES a b a b 2 It is a baboon. a b 5 They are stripes. a b 3 Ηe is thirsty. 6 He is angry. a b a b 2 Read and number the sentences. A The baboon doesn t let the zebras drink water. B The baboon gets hurt and runs away. C The zebra and his son go to the pond. D The young zebra and the baboon start to fight. E The fire burns black stripes on the zebras. F An angry baboon is at the pond, next to a fire. 24
Which arctic animals use concealing coloration? Look, think and colour the snowflake blue. 1 arctic fox caribou seal arctic hare polar bear 25
2 Circle and count the leopards. How many leopards? 26
1 PICTURE DICTIONARY hide arctic fox cold world left right fur snow prey predator arctic hare 2 hungry leopard hunt grass spots pattern 3 zebra travel herd stripes wall branch bird tree insect fly stick disguise leaf leg 4 dangerous poisonous butterfly caterpillar head eyes lift backwards forwards snake scared 31