Marisa May
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Overview |
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In this lesson students will learn to recognize and explain differences between young and adult animals. This lesson is a traditional teacher model with differentiated worksheets activities/ scaffolded learning to independent practice. |
Learning Objective |
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Success Criteria | • Can identify differences between baby and adult animals. • Can understand that adult animals no longer grow. |
UK Curriculum Links | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-science-programmes-of-study Year 1 Programme of Study: Animals (including humans)
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US Curriculum Links / NGSS | https://www.nextgenscience.org/search-standards? Grade: K-2 One major use of pattern recognition is in classification, which depends on careful observation of similarities and differences; objects can be classified into groups on the basis of similarities of visible or microscopic features or on the basis of similarities of function. Patterns of similarity and difference and the resulting classifications may change, depending on the scale at which a phenomenon is being observed. |
Key Vocabulary |
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In this lesson, children will have opportunities to use: Words relating to conveying scientific ideas eg describe. |
Procedure
Lead in / Warm Up / Introduction ( 10 minutes ) |
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For the warm-up activity, ask the students the following questions:
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Presentation / Teacher Model ( 15 minutes ) |
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Present the PowerPoint. Ask students to identify which picture is the adult. Discuss the similarities and differences of the young and the adult. Encourage students to use descriptive words such as "bigger", "older", "taller", etc for the adult. Similarities may include two legs, two arms, hair, eyes, etc. Be sure to make the distinction that some young look similar to their adult while others (i.e. caterpillar) do not look like their adult (i.e. butterfly). Questions and answers from the PowerPoint slide 2 What is similar? What is different? The baby and the dad are similar because both have hair. They are different because the dad is bigger. slide 3 Here is an adult dog and a baby dog. What is similar? What is different? The adult dog and baby dog are similar because they both have two ears. They are different because the baby dog (puppy) is smaller. slide 4 These are lions. How are the adults different from the young? The adult lions have longer hair than the young lions. slide 5 Here is a butterfly and a caterpillar. How are they different? The caterpillar is the adult and it has wings. slide 6 Here is an adult horse and a baby horse. How are they similar? How are they different? The adult horse and the baby horse both have tails. The adult horse has a longer tails. slide 7 Which picture is the Adult deer? The first picture on the left is the adult deer. slide 8 Which animal is the adult bird? The second picture on the left is the adult bird. |
Main Activities ( 15 minutes ) |
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In this lesson, there will be 3 activities to complete with the students.
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Extension Task |
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Ask students if they are young or adult and explain why they chose young or adult. Once you discuss or redirect them to understand they are young, have them draw a picture of what they will look like as an adult. |
Plenary / Assessment ( 5 minutes ) |
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At the end of the lesson, the class should be able to make a collaborative Venn diagram that compares and contrasts adults and baby animals and their features. |
Resources and materials |
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Worksheet/Handout Previews | ||
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Young and Adult Powerpoint | Young and Adult Memory Card Game | Young and Adult Coloring Page |
Attachments
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Adult and Young Power Point.pptx10.7 MB · Views: 280
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Young and Adult PPT pic.PNG146.8 KB · Views: 338
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Young and Adult PPT pic.PNG146.8 KB · Views: 160
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Young and Adult Memory Card Game.pdf3.4 MB · Views: 241
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Young and Adult Memory Card Activity.PNG21.2 KB · Views: 157
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Color Page - Adult and Young Animals.pdf2.6 MB · Views: 224
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Adult and Young Coloring Page.PNG50.7 KB · Views: 162