GR. 1 SCIENCE UNIT

Lessons

1: Animals
2: Animal Charades
3: Animals Shapes
4: Animal Coats
5: Lunch Time
6: Animal Friends
7: Animal Sort
8: Off to Petland
9: Basic Needs for Pets
10: The Pet Vet
11: Staying Alive
12: Animal Habitats
13: Animal Adaptations
14: Animal Homes
15: Staying Alive
16: Animal Life Cycles
17: Animal Babies
18: Birds and Reptiles

LESSON 6 – ANIMAL FRIENDS

Background:
People use animals for many different things and animals play varying roles in our daily lives.

Objective:
Observe and describe many types of animals.
Classify animals on the basis of their relationship to humans.

Quick Peek:
By identifying animals which are tame and wild, the children come to understand that we use these animals in many different ways. The students make a poster which represents their findings.

Vocabulary: wild, tame, companionship

Materials:
animal pictures of wild and tame animals
old magazines
bristle board
fun tak
scissors
glue

Method:
1. Print two headings on the chalkboard Ü Yes/No
2. Fun tak a picture of a bear under “No”. Put a picture of a dog under “Yes”. Continue by putting a picture of a fox under “No” and a picture of a cat under “Yes”.
3. Now hold up a picture of a deer. Ask: “Where should I put it, under ‘Yes’ or ‘No’?” “Why?”
4. Continue this process using about 3 or 4 more examples. Ask: “Why do these animals fit where they do?” (One set is wild animals, the other tame.)
5. Discuss how people use the animals on the tame side (ie. companionship), and how each of the animals on the wild side are of use to people. (ie. food, clothing, etc.)
6. Distribute old magazines. Have the students cut out as many different pictures as they can find that show how animals help people.
Examples: pillow Ü feathers (geese)
sweater Ü wool (sheep)
7. At the front of the room fun tak a piece of bristle board to the chalkboard and label it “Animals Help Us” and have the students come up and glue on their pictures as they find them.