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

WEBSITES

• SPSD Science Resources - Grade one related sites for animals.
• Arctic Wildlife - How animals are adapted to live in the Arctic (polar bear - caribou - musk ox - wolf - wolverine - arctic fox - ermine - lemming - arctic hare - arctic ground squirrel - birds - whales - harp seal - walrus)
• NatureWorks - Animal Adaptations and Camouflage.
• Animal Communication
• NatureWorks - Animal Communication
• NatureWorks - Site index - a great spring board for many topics. Also, has a list of over 100 animals and fact sheets on them.
• Animals Helping People - A handy one page print out.
• Best Friends Animal Society - Several lessons on various aspects of human and animal relationships.
• PetPlace.com - PetPlace Salutes Animals That Work for a Living
• Play-Doh Pets - A neat activity for kids. First, we will listen to a story and sort pictures in order to learn about the needs and wants of people. Next, we will learn about living and non-living things by doing internet research, reading a book, and going on a scavenger hunt. Then, we will compare and contrast a real turtle with a stuffed turtle. Finally, we will do the experiment, Which Seed Will Grow?
• Animal Habitats - a list of animals and their habitats.
• Adopt a cyberpet, http://www.kidsfreeware.com
• Really Wild Animals, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/rwa/index.html
• National Wildlife Federation For Kids, http://www.nwf.org/kids
• The National Zoo, http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Audiences/Students.cfm