|
"Animal
Classification" Lesson Plan
Keywords: mammal,
reptile, amphibian, bird, fish, and vertebrate
Prepared by:
Chad Packer, Bald Eagle Area School District
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: second grade
Total Time Required
for Lesson: 30 minutes
Setting: classroom
Subject Covered:
science
Topics: animal
cassification, five categories of vertebrates
Goals for the Lesson
- Students will identify
characteristics from each of the five categories of vertebrates.
- Students will group
animals by categories.
Materials Needed
- magazines with wildlife
photographs
- posterboard
- chart paper
State Standards Addressed:
Ecosystems and their Interactions (4.6)
Teaching Model: Focus
- Explore - Reflect - Apply Learning Cycle (National Science Resource
Center; National Academy of Science & Smithsonian Institute,
1992)
Focus
- Have students give
examples from each of the five categories of vertebrates (mammal,
reptile, amphibian, fish, and bird).
- Then have them discuss
characteristics of each vertebrate (mammal: fur, warm blooded,
lungs to breathe; amphibians: smooth skin; reptile: scaly skin,
lay eggs; bird: feathers, lay eggs; fish: cold blooded, aquatic,
scales; etc.).
Explore
- Have students find
vertebrate pictures in the magazines with wildlife photographs
and put in appropriate category. Each student should find one
vertebrate for each category.
- After pictures are
on the posterboard have the students check that they have the
correct characteristics to be in the specific category.
Reflect
- Have students discuss
why they made the decision to put their pictures in each category.
Apply
- Have students in small
groups make their own charts with pictures and characteristics
to represent what was learned about each of the five categories
of vertebrates.
Conclusion
- All groups will share
chart with class to explain what they learned and what they used
to represent all five of the different vertebrates.
Assessment
- Knowing and finding
one example of each of the five different vertebrates will assess
the students. They will also have to know some of the characteristics
of each.
References
Youngfleish, Kristi L.,
and Margaret Clark Brittingham. Wildlife
Is All Around Us: Book 1, The Wildlife Detective. The 4-H
Wildlife Conservation Program, Unit 1, The Pennsylvania State University.
|
