1. The weekly plan is for a Class 1/2/3 living skills class about dangerous animals. 2. Students will learn to differentiate between venomous and poisonous animals, and identify dangerous animals and ways to avoid them. 3. The lesson will cover venomous and poisonous animals like snakes, scorpions, puffer fish and frogs. It will also discuss dangerous but non-venomous animals like tigers, leopards and crocodiles. Rabies transmission from animal bites will also be explained.

1. Weekly Plan
Class/Year group: Class(es)
Year 1/2/3
Term: 1 Week: 10
Subject: Living Skill Teacher: Ts on duty
The week’s learning objectives:
Students are able to:
- Differentiate between venomous and poisonous animals.
- Identify dangerous animals and the ways to avoid them.
Links with other curriculum areas:
Science
Introduction/Lead-in Learning content: Activity Plenary Rationales/ Purpose
Friday
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10
-T greets Ss.
-T asks students the things
they have learned in living
skills class last week.
-T introduces the lesson
objective.
-T ask students if they have
pets.
-T informs students that
animals can be dangerous.
-T introduces the topic of the
day: DANGEROUS
ANIMALS
NOTE: It is recommended for teachers
on duty to have a laptop, a speaker, and an
LCD projector (optional) for this lesson.
-Students are explained regarding the
difference between VENOMOUS and
POISONOUS.
1. Poisonous: Toxin enters body by
inhalation/swallow/absorption through
skin. (E.g. Puffer fish, golden poison frog)
2. Venomous: Toxin is injected into you.
(E.g. Cobra snake [fangs], scorpion
[stinger])
-Students are explained regarding
DANGEROUS animals.
1. Animals do not have to be
VENOMOUS or POISONOUS to be
dangerous. They can just be themselves.
2. Example: Leopards, tigers, crocodiles,
wild monkeys.
-Remember, there are also animals with
rabies.
1. Rabies is a viral disease that can be
transmitted through the bite of a rabid
animal.
2. Any mammal can get rabies, including
people.
3. Animals that can have rabies: cats, dogs,
bats, foxes.
4. How to spot animal with rabies?
-Acting very aggressive
-Drool/foaming excessively
Activity 1
-Based on the pictures given, students are
required to cut and paste them into the space
provided.
-Then, students need to write whether they
are VENOMOUS, POISONOUS, or
DANGEROUS.
Activity 2
-Teacher asks what they should do if they
meet certain animal on the activity sheet.
Example: “What would you do if you meet a
lion?”
-Teacher can also ask students do you know
any other venomous/poisonous/dangerous
animals?

2. Video compilations that can be shown to
students:
1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oae
HnwnlDqw (Reticulated phyton)
2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bou
3UbDUveM (Extracting venom)
How to save yourself?
1. Snakes
Back away. Give it as much space as
possible. Be calm and quiet and move
away from the area where the snake is
located. If you’re bit, seek medical
attention as quickly as possible. You can
avoid snakes by checking logs and rocks
before you sit down. Don’t stick your
hands inside logs or large piles of rocks.
When you step over a log, do so carefully.
2. Animals with rabies
Don’t try to pet the animals. Wild animals
are unpredictable and they might chase
and bite you.
3. Wild monkeys
Ignore the monkey and walk away calmly.
Do not ever hit any monkey. Keep hitting
the ground with a big bamboo stick to
make monkeys leave your house or
garden.
4. Tiger or lion
Stay silent. Be breathless if possible. It is
not easy not to get nervous, but your
stillness before he notices you is your
major chance of escape. If he has not
noticed you, then stay quiet, wait for him
to move on, and you later move in the
opposite direction.