Grade 2 Area: Life Science Science Lesson Plans Grade 2 Area: Life Science
Lesson #1 Animal Babies Standard: Students will know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and that offspring resemble their parents and one another Materials: stuffed animals of pigs, zebras, elephants of different sizes and plastic toy figures of family with two parents and three children
Engagement Who made your breakfast this morning? Do animals have families?
Exploration Group work: recorder, reporter, materials, manager Materials given Observe toys and discuss Sort Draw picture of sorting
Explanation Can you tell me why you sorted them that way? What can we say about two animals of the same kind having babies?
Evaluation: Handout Adults Babies Put X If you agree
Elaboration: each group gets one of the following pictures 1. Two white rabbits 2. Two black rabbits 3. One white and one black rabbit 4. One brown and one black and white spotted rabbit What will the babies look like?
Assessment Circulate about room and over- hear conversations - Observation of group dynamics will be noted on chart for each group Camera will be used to document observing, cooperating, communicating of students Assessment
That's it for Lesson #1 !
Lesson #2 Life Cycle of an Ant
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