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

Correlation of the Saskatchewan Education core unit objectives and the lessons in this unit.

Animals - Grade One Where the objectives are taught:

1. Observe and describe many types of animals:

q 1.1 Recognize characteristics that can be used to identify and
describe animals. Lessons 1,2,3 and 4
q 1.2 Identify, by sight or by sound, a wide variety of animals.
Lessons 1,2, 1.3
q 1.3 Classify animals on the basis of their size, their body
coverings, the foods they eat, and their relationships to
humans.
Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
q 1.4 Recognize that there are several ways in which the same
set of animals may be classified.
Lesson 1, 7

2. Describe the basic needs of animals:

q 2.1 Identify some animals which make good pets. Lesson 6, 8, 9, 11
q 2.2 Identify a pet's basic needs. Lesson 5, 8, 9, 11
q 2.3 Compare the needs of other animals with pets. Lesson 5, 9, 11

3. Explain how animals are adapted to their environments:

q 3.1 Describe the habitats of some animals.
Lesson 9, 11, 12, 13
q 3.2 Explore the ways that animals adapt to their environments.
Lesson 12, 13
q 3.3 Explain how animals depend on their habitats for their basic needs. Lesson 9, 14
q 3.4 Observe, describe, or imitate how animals behave in their natural environments. Lesson 15

4. Describe the development of animals from birth or hatching to maturity:

q 4.1 Describe the physical changes of several animals from the newly hatched or born to the mature adult. Lesson 16, 17, 18
q 4.2 Compare the amount of care needed by the young of several species.
Lesson 16, 17, 18