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Driving Question: How can we, as zoologists, identify the characteristics of different habitats and explain why certain plants and animals live in a particular habitat?
Project Summary: Zoo Atlanta is building another zoo in our area and they need to know how to best create habitats for all of their animals. Students will explore habitats of plants and animals and how their ecosystems are affected. They will use this information to communicate to others what plants and animals need in different habitats to survive. Students will be creating bookmarks of animals and plants to give to those who donate to their project, the adoption of an animal. Based on their research of the plants and animals students will also create murals to teach others about the different types of habitats where plants and animals thrive.
Project Summary: Zoo Atlanta is building another zoo in our area and they need to know how to best create habitats for all of their animals. Students will explore habitats of plants and animals and how their ecosystems are affected. They will use this information to communicate to others what plants and animals need in different habitats to survive. Students will be creating bookmarks of animals and plants to give to those who donate to their project, the adoption of an animal. Based on their research of the plants and animals students will also create murals to teach others about the different types of habitats where plants and animals thrive.
Focus Standards:
S1L1. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals.
a. Identify the basic needs of a plant.
b. Identify the basic needs of an animal.
c. Identify the parts of a plant—root, stem, leaf, and flower.
d. Compare and describe various animals—appearance, motion, growth, basic needs.
S1L1. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals.
a. Identify the basic needs of a plant.
b. Identify the basic needs of an animal.
c. Identify the parts of a plant—root, stem, leaf, and flower.
d. Compare and describe various animals—appearance, motion, growth, basic needs.
Entry Event - Mrs. Marshall from Zoo Atlanta spoke with the 1st graders about animal groups and habitats. She even brought some artifacts to share with students.
Inquiry and Research
Students researched animals from one of the five habitats studied using books and the Pebble Go website. Then they made their animals come to life using the Chatterpix App.Click on the photos below to see a few examples.
Public Product - Interactive Habitat Murals
Students worked in collaborative groups to create each habitat. Chatterpix QR Codes were added next to each animal to create an interactive board.