Learning outcomes
Students will:
- develop positive attitudes toward science
- learn how to find information and share it with others through projects
- observe special characteristics and senses which influence the life of an animal
- begin to classify animals in groups according to habitat
- become aware of threats to animals and their habitats and how this affects everyone
Teacher planning
Time required for lesson
45 Minutes
Materials/resources
- Live animals if available (to introduce lesson), stuffed animals work just as well
- animal models to be used in science center (jungle animals, forest animals, endangered animals, sea animals, arctic animals, etc.)
- biodiversity information from Pizza Hut’s Book It! Program informational animal books
- zoobooks
- playdoh
- animal stamps
- pencils
- paper
- graphing paper
