Introduction | Content Areas | Standards | Additional Skills | Implementation | Resources | Entry Skills | Evaluation | Conclusion
This mini unit was developed as part of the Oak Lawn - Hometown District 123 Millennium Mini Grant 2000.
The activities in this mini unit were developed to enhance District 123’s science curriculum and the Illinois State goals.
Content
Areas
These second grade activities are designed
to support the science, math, and reading language arts curriculum.
Reading/Language Arts Standards
| 3.A.1a | construct complete sentences |
| 3.C.1b | create media compositions |
| 4.A.1a | listen attentively |
| 4.A.1c | follow oral directions accurately |
| 4.B.1a | present a brief oral report |
| 5.A.1a | gather information |
| 5.B.1a | select and organize information |
| 5.C.1a | write reports based on acquired information |
| 5.C.1b | use various resources to acquire and use information |
| 10.A.1a | organize and display graphs |
| 10.B.1c | collect, organize, and describe data |
| 11.A.1c | collect data using technologies |
| 11.A.1f | compare observations |
| 12.A.1a | identify and describe parts of living things |
| 12.B.1a | describe and compare characteristics of living things |
| 12.B.1b | living things interact with each other in their environment |
| 13.B.1d | identify & describe ways science & technology effect people's everyday lives |
Additional
Skills
Describing, organizing information,
recognizing cause and effect, drawing conclusions, observing, recording, interpreting
data, applying information, inferences, problem solving, classifying, comparing
and contrasting, making decisions, communication skills, and categorizing will
be addressed in this mini unit.
This mini unit is organized into several lessons. The majority of the activities will be done in the computer lab in order to service more students. Depending on the size and ability of the class, time available per week, and computer availability, these lessons may take several weeks to complete. You may choose to modify or add to these lessons.
Animal riddles can be typed into ScreenPlay (Screen Saver) for the students to guess at the end of the day.
For the on-line assignments the students will work in groups of 2 with teacher support. The students will need to link into sites and record pertinent information about their endangered animal.
In the KidPix Slide Show the student will draw their animal in its habitat. Using the stamps they can write sentences about their animal. Then they will briefly record why the animal is endangered and how to save it. This can be copied to a video and circulated home.
To integrate this lesson into the reading/language arts program, the students can select a non-fiction book about an endangered animal, give an oral presentation, and design an endangered animal hat. The teacher can then take digital camera pictures of the students in their hats (designed at home), insert them into the student reports, and compile the class book for nightly circulation.
Using Graph Club, the teacher will make a graph using the animal data learned from the students. The class can decide together what information they want to graph ( size, land or air animals, physical characteristics, continents they live on, etc.)
Student Links
Teacher Links
Where Have All the Animals Gone? United Learning - Endangered species 1994; 25:04 min.; ISBN #l-56007-5031
All About Endangered & Extinct Animals; The Schlessinger Science Library; 23 min. closed caption; 4K7049
Entry Level Skills and Knowledge
The learner will need to know basic computer skills and a general knowledge of animals.
The teacher will need to know basic computer and internet skills.
A completed student slide show containing the endangered animal, habitat, and sentences telling about the animal will be graded as complete or incomplete.
A completed class book containing report pages with inserted animal hat pictures will serve as completion of activity.
What would it be like to walk through the woods and not hear the birds chirping and the frogs croaking? Or to enjoy the beautiful flowers and the giant trees that shade us on a hot day?
We depend on the animal and plants to improve our lives. Scientists also study them and develop medicines to help us when we're sick.
We need to protect these endangered and threatened species and their habitats from extinction.
If we all work together, we can enjoy
them for years to come.
Last updated on May 11, 2000 by Georganne Hoover
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