United States AnimalsBy Alfonsina C. Crisostomo

And Melinda Moya

Lesson #

Title of Lesson Bloom’s Taxonomy

Gardner’s MI(s) Additive

1 Animals’ Basic Needs

Knowledge Visual/SpatialNaturalist &Interpersonal

GraphicOrganizer

2 The Cycle of Life Knowledge &Comprehension

Verbal/Linguistic Visual/Spatial &Interpersonal

Web 2.0Clip

3 Resemblance Comprehension & Application

Visual/SpatialNaturalistBodily Kinesthetic

Manipulatives& Graphic Organizer

4 A Matter of Survival

Analysis Visual/SpatialMusical/RhythmicIntrapersonal

Scavenger Hunt

5 To Be EndangeredOr Not to Be

Synthesis Visual/SpatialLogical/MathematicalExistentialist

Spreadsheet & Graph

6 Animals’ Interdependence

Comprehension & Evaluation

IntrapersonalVisual/Spatial

Manipulatives

Table of Contents

Overview of Unit

United States Animals MST Unit seeks to promote critical thinking and scientific inquiry through highly engaging and fun lessons that will enable students not only to learn about Living Organisms, but also to learn about the importance of protecting our environment which is also animals’ environment.

ResemblanceLesson # 3Bloom’s Taxonomy: Level 2: Comprehension, Level: 3 Application.Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence: Visual/Spatial, Naturalist, and Bodily/Kinesthetic.

Children’s Literature: Animals That Ought To Be: Poems about Imaginary Pets by Richard Michelson

Motivational Constructivist Question: Do baby animals look like their parents?

ResemblanceLesson # 3

What will I be when I grow up? http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AnimalsTwobyTwo/activities/findtheparent.html

Students will try to match pictures of baby animals with their parents.!!

ResemblanceLesson # 3

Activity Using Manipulaties:

Students will sort and classify animal figures in different categories. The first given category is to group baby animals with their corresponding parents. Then, students can create subgroups of their choice by dividing the groups into mammals, birds and carnivores, herbivores, etc.

ResemblanceLesson # 3

Graphic Organizer

Students will use a graphic organizer to represent/show all the groups and subgroups they created.

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Level 4: AnalysisGardner’s Multiple Intelligence: Visual/Spatial, Musical/Rhythmic, Intrapersonal. Children’s Literature: Do You Know Us: Guess Who Rhymes about North American Animals by Melvin Taks.

A Matter of SurvivalLesson # 4

Add lots of pictures

Motivational Constructivist

Question: How do animals survive when it is extremely cold or extremely hot? 

 

Scavenger Hunt

Names:Scavenger Hunt Questionnaire1. How does environmental condition affect animals?2. How do some animals cope with really hot temperatures?

Give examples.3. How do some animals cope with really cold

temperatures? Give examples.4. If environmental conditions are not the right ones for a

group of animals, what can happen?5. How can an animal habitat get destroyed?6. How do animals become endangered?7. List ten United States animals that are endangered

8. Which animal is at the top of the list of endangered animals? How did this animal become endangered?

9. How many Species of mammals are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

10. How many Species of birds are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

11. How many Species of reptiles are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

12. How many species of amphibians are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

13. How many species of fish are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

14. How many species of insects are currently endangered and threatened? List separately.

15. What should be done to protect endangered animals? List at least four things.

16. Choose one animal and tell how its population has decreased or increased over time.

To Be Endangered or Not to BeLesson # 5

Bloom’s Taxonomy: Level 5: Synthesis

Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence: Visual/Spatial, Logical/Mathematical, and Existentialist.

Children’s’ Literature: The American Buffalo: The story of the Habits, Hunting, and Near Extinction of the Most Iconic Of American Animals by Anon.

What happens when animals’ needs are not met by environmental conditions?

Motivational Constructivist Question:

Students will use some information collected during the scavenger hunt

To create a spreadsheet and a congruent graph to represent the

data.  Current Status

GroupEndangered Threatened

Mammals 70 14

Birds 76 16

Reptiles 13 23

  Species Species

Endangered Threatened01020304050607080

Endangered & Threatened Animal Groups in the United States

Mammals Birds

Reptiles

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