In this unit, students will learn about plants/trees and will inquire about the ways all living things need plants. Students speak from the point of view of animal and will persuade someone not to cut down their tree.
In this lesson, students will sort pictures or small plastic animals into groups. Students classify animals as to where they live; whether they have scales, feathers, or hair; and whether they have hands, wings, flippers, or fins.
This lesson exposes children to a variety of animals and guides them through observation of animal similarities, differences, and environmental adaptations. This lesson can be used as part of a study of plants and animals. Before doing the lesson, students should know the meanings of the terms plant, animal, and living.
Students will sort emoji icons to determine what an animal needs or does not need. This activity can be personalized by changing animals and emojis to meet student needs.
This Animal Needs research project helps early elementary students explore animal needs around a specific animal. The project provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate speaking/listening skills, organize and present information, and write informative texts at a developmentally appropriate level. It can be completed in a variety of ways with multiple final products: posters, sculptures (playdoh/air-dry clay), oral presentations (in class or on video), and/or research papers. Students can ask and answer questions following presentations. Students may work independently or in pairs/small groups at school or complete the project at home using books, magazines, and internet resources. Focus on local animals, native species, invasive species, or leave the choice completely open to students' interests.
Students will learn about an animal and complete a graphich organizer to show their understanding.
This Project GLAD unit will Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different. Students will know how to compare different types of the same animal (i.e. different types of dogs, different types of cats, etc.) to determine individual differences within a particular type of animal.
In this lesson, student teams will compare a live worm and a model worm, create worm terrariums, and make observations about worms over time.
Compare animal classes to learn about their structure, life cycle, movement, and basic needs.
Students will use different terms of measurements to measure dimensions of their apples. Students will use 5 senses to describe their apples.
Students will review their knowledge about the life cycle of frogs and butterflies by using a bee-bot to make a path to the correct stages of the life cycles. This would be a review lesson for kindergarten students that have already learned about the life cycles of frogs and butterflies.
This educator guide provides ideas and activities to use when reading the book BEST FOOT FORWARD with students.
In this lesson, students will compare and contrast different kinds of birds' bills and categorize pictures. After drawing the bills in each category, they will then compare the bill types with common household items.
This is a butterfly unit specifically made for kindergarten, but can be modified and used for grades K-2. This unit covers the parts of a butterfly, the life cycle of a butterfly, using Chatterpix to talk about the life cycle of a butterfly, and using 2D shapes to construct a butterfly. This unit integrates multiple subject areas. Enjoy!
This is an interesting lesson about the concept of living things. Students will be introduced to a pretend boy named C.M. Beg. The initials of the boy will be a mnemonic device to help students understand the basic characteristics of living things. C stands for change. M stands for move. B stands for breath. E stands for eat. G stands for grow.
A coloring page and fact sheet for North Carolina's state reptile!
In this activity, students learn about the lifecycle of the Emperor penguin and play a game to model some of the harsh conditions faced by the penguin parents.
In this lesson, students will learn the characteristics that make an animal a fish, create a model of a fish, and compare it to other marine animals to decide if they are fish or not.
In this lesson, students explore various objects and begin to distinguish between things that are living, things that were once-living, and things that are nonliving.
In this short video, join Brandon and Emily on a nature hike with Falyn from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission as they discover all kinds of plants and animals and learn a thing or two about the amazing nature of North Carolina!