4.2L.1 Describe the interactions of organisms and the environment where they live.
4.3S.3 Explain that scientific claims about the natural world use evidence that can be confirmed and support a logical argument.
5.2 Interaction and Change: Force, energy, matter, and organisms interact within living and non-living systems.
5.2L.1 Explain the interdependence of plants, animals, and environment, and how adaptation influences survival.
Description: In this lesson student put what they have learned about animal adaptation into creative action. Students are assigned a foreign habitat and must design an animal that has adapted to meet its needs in the given environment. This lesson allows students to be creative and allows freedom to explore what they have learned about a variety of science topics.
Title: Introduction to Field Journals, Smithsonian in the Classroom
Grade: 3-12
Common Core Standards for Science
6-8.WHST.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
a. Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
6-8.WHST.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration
Brief Description: In this multi-lesson activity students learn to create an observational field journal. While this lesson provides students with flexibility it also helps them learn to discover and question what they see, write clear descriptions and collect field samples. Living in Oregon, this skill can easily lead to further exploration of school grounds or habitats near the school. Providing students with the skills and ability to create a field journal they can then explore what piques their curiosity as they explore the world around them.
Title: Designer Animals
Grade 4-5Common Core Standards for Science
Description: In this lesson student put what they have learned about animal adaptation into creative action. Students are assigned a foreign habitat and must design an animal that has adapted to meet its needs in the given environment. This lesson allows students to be creative and allows freedom to explore what they have learned about a variety of science topics.
Title: Introduction to Field Journals, Smithsonian in the Classroom
Grade: 3-12Common Core Standards for Science
Brief Description: In this multi-lesson activity students learn to create an observational field journal. While this lesson provides students with flexibility it also helps them learn to discover and question what they see, write clear descriptions and collect field samples. Living in Oregon, this skill can easily lead to further exploration of school grounds or habitats near the school. Providing students with the skills and ability to create a field journal they can then explore what piques their curiosity as they explore the world around them.