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




  Introduction | Objectives | Evaluation | Appendix | Resources
Acknowledgements | Science Resources |Related Websites

RESOURCE LIST

FILMSTRIP

  • Animals that Sleep in Winter, Gwynne Vevers
  • How Are Animals Alike & Different,
  • Learning About Animals – Animals and Their Babies
  • Learning About Living Things – Learning To Classify,
  • Looking For Animals,
  • Taking Care of Pets with Casey and Finnegan

BOOKS

  • 25 Mammals Every Child Should Know, Jim Arnosky
  • A Visiting Dog’s Story, Stephanie Calmenson
  • Amazing Facts About Animals, Doubleday
  • Animal Architects, National Geographic Society
  • Animal Defences, Malcolm Penny
  • Animal Facts: Farm Animals

    Animal Homes – A first Look At Animals, Diane James and Sara Lynn
  • Animal Homes, Barbara Taylor
  • Animal Homes, Illa Pondendorf
  • Animal Houses, Aileen Fisher
  • Animals Born Alive and Well, Ruth Heller
  • Animals in the Wild
  • Animals In Winter, Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Vangelder
  • Animals that Store Food, Gwynne Vevers
  • Baby Animals, Margaret Wise Brown
  • Big Ones Little Ones, Tana Hoban
  • Chickens Aren’t The Only Ones, Ruth Heller
  • Daddy, Could I Have An Elephant? Jake Wolf
  • Dinnertime for Animals, Jane R. McCauley
  • Egg! A.J. Wood

Eggs

  • Growing Up, Karen O’Callaghan and Kate Londesborough
  • Habitats, Pamela Hickman
  • Homebuilding, David Smith and Derek Newton
  • How Animals Get Food, Bertha Morris Parker
  • I Eat Leaves, JoAnn Vandine
  • Keep Looking, Millicent Selsam and Joyce Hunt
  • Learning About Animals – Animals and the Seasons
  • Outstanding Outsides, Hana Machotka

Pets

  • The Animal Book, Britannica Discover Library
  • The Egg Book, Jack Kent
  • The Kids Canadian Bird Book, Pamela Hickman
  • Towns Down Underground, Gene S. Stuart
  • Veterinarians, Dee Ready
  • What’s Inside? Animal Homes, Grolier
  • When An Animal Grows, Millicent E. Selsam
  • You Don’t Look Like Your Mother, Said the Robin to the Fawn, Aileen Fisher


SONGS
They All Need Shelter


Bibliography

The Mailbox Magazine- Primary. The Education Center Inc., Oct/Nov. 2000.

Graham, Wendy, Animals Grow. Toronto:Scholastic Canada Ltd., 1993.

Carratello, Patricia and John Carratello. Animals - Hands-On, Minds-On Series.
California:Teacher Created Materials, 1994.

Moore Jo Ellen and Jill Norris. Learning to be a scientist. USA: Evan -Moor 2000.

Hewitt, Sally.. Worldbook Encyclopedia Presents Animal Homes. Chicago: Two-Can Publishing, 1999.

Llewellyn,Claire. Wordlbook Encyclopedia Presents Wild Animals. Chicago: Two-Can Publishing, 1999.

Wilkes, Angela. World Book Encyclopedia Presents Rain Forest Animals. Chicago: Two-Can Publishing, 1999.

Llewellyn, Claire. World Book Encyclopedia Presents Animal Atlas. Chicago: Two-Can Publishing, 1999.

Amos, Janine. World Book Picture Reference Animals. Chicago: Two-Can Publishing, 1999.

Harcourt, Lalie and Ricki Wortzman. All About Animals. Toronto: Addison Wesley, 2000.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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