K-2 FutureKids Unit 2 ~ World Wildlife

Family Reunion ~ Animal Activity

 Description of the Unit:  In World Wildlife, the second of five units, the children are introduced to database skills as they help with the opening of the World Wildlife Zoo.  The pupils complete a map of the zoo, create a sign with different types of animals, arrange colorful patterns on snakes, organize zoo workers into team, analyze new zoo creatures and sort zoo souvenirs.  in the process, the students classify objects according to attributes, arrange data in patterns, and organize data by sorting, grouping, ordering, and using axes.  Then they research animals by using a multimedia encyclopedia and explore various zoo Web sites by using the Internet.

  Lesson Two ~  The students practice desktop publishing skills as they create a sign for the World Wildlife Zoo by organizing animal images according to certain attributes.  The pupils connect to the Internet to visit Web sites of zoos around the world.

  Materials ~ 

  Opening ~  Review Lesson 1.  Remind the students that we used TableTop Jr. to complete the map of the World Wildlife Zoo.  Remind them that they used a database program to analyze the blocks in the map and that they bunched and stacked the blocks according to shape and color.

Discuss some animals commonly found at zoos.  Then inform them that today they will create a colorful sign with pictures of animals for the World Wildlife Zoo.

Students will be uniting families of animals.  Review and discuss the definition of a desktop publishing program - can use pictures and text to create items.

 

~ SAMPLE of Lesson Two: Family Reunion Sign ~

 

 

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