**This is a flex class version of my live lesson, Powerful Predators: animals that hunt. There are no live meetings during this course.**

Our world is full of powerful predators with unique tactics to successfully hunt their prey.

But how do they hunt their prey? What unique strategies do they use to ensure their success?

In this 7-week course, we will take a look at a range of impressive and strong predators from around the world. We will learn about their individual features, whether they hunt alone or as a group, and how they use their habitat to help them hunt their prey. We will consider animals that work as a team, use speed to their advantage, stalk or ambush their prey, and also animals that use venom to attack their prey.

During the course we will study:
Week 1: Orcas and Lions (Teamwork)
Week 2: Tigers and Komodo Dragon (Ambush and Stalking)
Week 3: Polar Bears and Saltwater Crocodiles (Ambush)
Week 4: Wolves and African Wild Dogs (Teamwork)
Week 5: King Cobras and Box Jellyfish (Venom)
Week 6: Cheetahs and Peregrine Falcon (speed)
Week 7: Presentation and review

Each week, students will view a presentation with questions throughout to assess students listening and understanding. They will then be provided with a template to draw each animal and write key facts from the lesson. Students will collate these fact sheets to create their own Predator book by the end of the course.

At the end of the course, students will be shown how to make their own A4 presentation to cover each of the hunting tactics discussed and will present to their fellow students their favourite animal from the course and why it is best suited to its hunting strategy e.g. why cheetahs use speed and not teamwork. Students will be asked to submit their videos to the classroom for other students to comment on.

Throughout the course, students will be given interactive questions and can submit their answers via the classroom e.g. guess the animal from the description or match the hunting strategy to the correct animal. Students will each be given cards that they share in the classroom, for another student to match with e.g. student one has teamwork, and student two will have a picture of lions. Then student two will have stalking and student three will have a picture of a Komodo dragon. 

**This is the first section of a 4-part series. If you have completed this course and would like to take a look at the second section, please follow this link below:
https://outschool.com/classes/powerful-predators-part-2-animal-food-chains-mSQqFAGf#usyLFDrmg9