 Adirondack
Curriculum
Project - www.adkcurriculumproject.org
NYS Content Area Standard
ELA 1. Language for info & understanding
MST 4. Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and
theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and
recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
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Title: Habitats
of Adirondack Animals
Grade Level: 3rd
Author: Kathy Janulewicz
Dr. Lydia T. Wright Elem. School
Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo, New York
Email: kjanule@hotmail.com
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Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
_X_ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation &
Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: Where do some Adirondack
animals live? How do these animals eat and move about?
Challenge:
In
groups of 2, with the help of your teacher, create one of the following
products: a mobile or a diorama, or another product you can think of
that your teacher will approve. Your product will be used in a
presentation to the class in which you explain important information
about the habitat of the animal you have chosen.
Context for this challenge: Teacher will want to ensure the
availability of resource materials appropriate to the topic selected.
The teacher will guide the students in choosing an animal (otter,
moose, bear or chipmunk) to create their product. Teacher will need to
ensure students are familiar with habitats, descriptions of each animal
and where to research their chosen animal, and how to record data to
meet the challenge describe below.
Directions: Each product will need;
1. the name of the animal
2. Distinguishing features of the animal by which it could be recognized
3. Description of the animal; colors, covering, and size.
4. Where it lives (habitat)
5. What it eats
6. Is the animal nocturnal and if so what does it do?
7. What are its daytime activities?
8. Is this animal endangered?
Once your product is completed, you will be asked to present your
habitat to the class to help teach the class about what you discovered
about your chosen animal. Each member of your group should participate
in the presentation and be ready to answer questions by classmates.
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Quality Standards:
Each
product should be:
- Completed on time.
- Model should clearly show features of the
animal
- name of the animal,
- animals description,
- the habitat it lives in,
- what it eats and
- what it does at night and in the daytime.
- It should have correct spelling on labels.
You need to explain how you created your project.
- All members of the group need to respond
appropriately to questions about the model.
- Product has names of all group members.
- Product is colorful and neat.
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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Produced
at the 2008 Adirondack Geography Institute