Sheep wear their wool through rain, wind, and snow without harm; our sweaters don't share the same fate! Watch the video explanation of the make-up of wool and how the harsh washer and dryer environment affects it. Pupils learn that wool has specific characteristics that cause changes.

Concepts

animal care, animal adaptations, characteristics of life

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Bring in a sample of sheep wool and other animal fur or hair for pupils to investigate
• Discuss how wool is a benefit to sheep

Classroom Considerations

• Be aware that some comments may be inappropriate for learners

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides closed captioning in three languages as well as an auto-translate option with many additional languages
• Images help to describe the characteristics of wool

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 RST.9-10.7