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

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.