Animal Unit

We activated our prior knowledge today by starting a "K, W, L" chart for the topic of "animals". We had time to write down everything we already know about animals, and also ask questions about what we would like to learn more about. Here are some examples of questions from both homerooms:

1. How do animals get sorted by their body parts?- Gabby
2. What is adaptation? - Mark
3. What is metamorphosis? - Brady
4. Which plants are invasive to Cape Cod? - Kim
5. Is there an animal that eats bats? - Ariana
6. What kinds of birds migrate?- Kasey
7. What effects do humans have on the environment? - Nick
8. Why do elephants have such a long trunk?- Matt
9. Why are reptiles cold-blooded?- David
10. How does an animal learn a behavior? - Amiyah



Here are the topics we will be studying throughout this unit:

·    *Classify animals according to the physical characteristics they share.

·    *Animal life cycles

·        *Metamorphosis

·    *Inherited characteristics

·    *Characteristics effected by environment or climate

·   *Adaptation

·   *Migration

·   *Instinctive behaviors

·   *Learned behaviors

·    *Seasonal behaviors

·    *Invasive species

·    *Human effects on animals/environment

·    *Food chains and webs