Animal Cams Lesson Plans

Students use the computer to discover animals. In this animal lesson, students look at online webcams to view animals and write in a daily blog discussing what the animals are doing. They use either Pixie or PowerPoint to create an animal report. 

Students research his or her assigned mammal using print and online resources.  In this mammals research lesson, students discover mammals have certain traits that distinguish them from animals in other classes, such as fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Students discuss and define the characteristics of a mammal.

Students use resources on the National Geographic magazine feature Crane Cam to explore cranes and their migratory patterns, including the ways in which they use the land area in and around the sanctuary.

Students, in groups, research the life cycle of an amphibian, insect or bird and then role-play the duties of a park ranger as they present their research to younger students. They create Venn diagrams to compare each animal group.

Learners will use resources on the National Geographic magazine feature Crane Cam to learn about cranes and their migratory patterns, including the ways in which they use the land area in and around the sanctuary. Learners will discuss the importance of preserving habitats like these for a variety of animals.

Students study camouflage techniques of animals while studying colors and emotions. They create an art project based on chromotherapy.

In this lesson students explore plate and barrel cams. They discuss the differences between the two cams. In this lesson students identify a base and prime circle and they draw a plate cam using the provided details.

Students are introduced to animal observation. They observe the behavior of a zoo animal. Students create an ethogram based on the behaiors they observed. They log into the zoo's web cam. Students choose, which webcam they are going to use. They watch their animal for five minutes. Students write down what they observe, after an additional five minutes students create a simple ethogram specific to their animal.

In this lesson students research an animal and create a brochure that relays information on that animal. In this animals on the lake lesson, students practice their writing skills for a variety of purposes. In this lesson students gather information from a variety of texts and communicate the knowledge to an appropriate audience.

In this lesson students explore the differences in animals that live in the coniferous forest, deciduous forest and grassland biomes. In small groups, they create a mural depicting one of the biomes. As a whole class, they play a game in which they draw an animal name and place it in one of the biomes.