Lesson Overview
Students will use their creative thinking and decision making skills to create a new animal, choose what’s necessary for their animal’s survival, and create a habitat for the animal. By allowing students to make most of the decisions for this lesson, they will feel ownership in this lesson and motivated to learn to meet the science standards.
Essential Question
What does an animal need to survive?
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Kindergarten
iPads or chrome books for see-saw application
My Animal activity sheet
manipulatives that represent food
manipulatives that represent water
manipulatives that represent air
Book to engage students
Video about what animals eat
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- Life Science: Exploring Organisms and the Environment
- K.L.2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of organisms found in the environment and how these organisms depend on the environment to meet those needs.
- RI Reading–Informational Text
- W Writing
- De.CR Creating - I can conceive and develop new design ideas and work.
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