Learning outcomes

Students will:

• discover and compare the characteristics and needs of specific animals and their habitats.
• use the KWLH Model.
• work in small cooperative groups.
• use a digital camera.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

1–2 weeks

Materials/resources

• chart pad and markers
• African animal pictures from calendars, digital photos, and/or websites
• copies of the habitat photos for student use
• eleven-by-eighteen-inch art paper
• assorted art mediums (paint, chalk, markers, colored paper, glue)
• laminator or clear contact paper to seal book pages
• coil binder or large metal book rings

Technology resources

• digital camera to take photos
• internet access to select images from websites
• computer and printer for printing photos
• TV and VCR to show zoo video
• “The 21st Century Zoo” video produced 1995, North Carolina Zoological Society
• PowerPoint attachment of African animal habitats at the North Carolina Zoo
• seed question attachment

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Learning outcomes

Students will:

• learn names of body parts
• know the difference between personal and general space

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

30 minutes

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Learning outcomes

The goal is to introduce students to that time in American history when slavery was legal and accepted in society and business.

Students will:

• listen to and view appropriate materials about Harriet Tubman’s life and discuss
• re-tell parts of Harriet Tubman’s life as they create a class chart or diagram with the teacher
• select events from Tubman’s life that illustrate why she is considered an American hero
• write a follow-up paper to take home and share with their parents

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

2 45-minute class periods

Materials/resources

• Appropriate picture biographies of Harriet Tubman’s life
• TV and VCR player (or DVD player).
• Computer and TV that interface (or a computer with a data projector).
• White board and markers.
• Video: Harriet Tubman from Animated Hero Classics, NEST Entertainment, Inc. Length is thirty minutes.

Technology resources

Computer and TV which interface and are internet accessible.

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A lesson plan for grade K Science

Learning outcomes

Students will:

• discover that air is everywhere
• discover that air takes up space

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

30 minutes

Materials/resources

• Book: Air is All Around You by Franklyn M. Branley
• 7×10 plastic storage bags
• Dishpan-size tub of water
• Clear plastic cup
• Newspapers
• Towels

Activities

Discussion about air

• Where is air?
• Is air outside?
• Is air inside?
• Is air in our room?

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