1. Higher order questions
Lesson Topic(s): Science
2nd Grade
Week of: 1-14 to 1-18, 2019
Objectives: Students will learn about the Arctic region and the animals that live in that region.
TEKS: 2.9A basic needs of animals; 2.9B environmental factors; 2.9C living organisms/food chains/camo
ELPS: 2E; 2F; 3E;4G;5G
Essential Question(s): How does living in the Arctic effect the animals and people that live there?
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Lesson Plan
Aurora Borealis
Look at examples of aurora borealis and use chalk to create a drawing of it.
Indigenous people
Watch Polar Bear Prowl
Magic School Bus in the Arctic
Go over project guidelines.
Vocabulary
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Magnetic North
Compass rose
Continents
Inuit
Adapt to cold
Food
Clothing
igloo
Camouflage
land mammal
Habitat
Diet
Coat/fur
Characteristics
Food chain
blubber
Requirements
Due date
Texture
3-D
neatness
Higher order questions
Analyze the globe and where the Aurora Borealis occurs (also Aurora Australis.) Explain why we don’t see them where we live.
Compare how the Inuit people are like you and how they are different from you.
Discuss a misconception you had about polar bears before you studied them.
Analyze the movie.
Categorize the things in the movie that would be fictional versus things that are non-fiction.
Create a project that depicts some aspect of the Arctic using information you have learned from our study of the Arctic.
Assessment Strategy
Students will draw a sky showing the aurora borealis.
Students color an Inuit person and create an environment they might live in showing their clothing, houses , and food sources.
Students write a response to the video discussing their prior misconceptions.
Students make a t chart to compare things from the movie that are fiction and things that are nonfiction.
Students will create a project depicting the Arctic using the guidelines in the project assignment sheet.