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- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students become familiar with the need for categorizing scientific information, in this case, animals. They categorize the 5 groups of animals (mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians). Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students investigate the characteristics of mammals. They participate in a class discussion, sort animal photos, and create an animal drawing of an original mammal. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students become familiar with the need for categorizing scientific information, in this case, animals. They categorize the 5 groups of animals. (Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, & amphibians). Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study the difference between innate and learned behaviors. They observe the adaptations and behaviors of mammals in this series of lessons. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students create a book about the various characteristics of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and insects. The Internet may be used to review pictures of animals for the book. Creativity and artisitc impression is used to create the book. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students practice distinguishing between mammals and birds. Using magazines and other pictures, they identify the characteristics of mammals and birds and discuss how they differ from one another. They use the internet to conduct their own research and record their information in a journal. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. They classify animals into mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects. They discuss the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals and simulate being a snake. They simulate being an animal for the day. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students describe the characteristics of a mammal. They also differentiate between a companion and a wild animal. The lesson has an assessment included in it. They have a discussion to tap prior knowledge about what a mammal is. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students differentiate between wild and tame animals, explain how to classify mammals into groups based on common charactertistics and comprehend the values of zoos. They listen as the teacher reads Psalm 50:10 and explains that all of the animals are God's and we should care for and respect them. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students determine the characteristics that define a mammal and compare then to the characteristics of other groups of animals. They view and discuss a video on mammals and then play a mystery mammal game in which they present clues to classmates who guess the mammal they represent. Full Review »

