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MISS OYKA'S CLASS GRADE 1 SCIENCE UNIT: ANIMALS
In this unit the students will be able to work at their own pace at home and at school. They will be given class time to work on their assignments on the wikispace and can work on it at home as well. The unit is supplimentary to the animal unit we are studying in class and to complete the activities the students should follow along in thier activity book. Here is a link to the activity book your son/daugher received in class. If you have any questions or comments feel free to email me at misscoyka@school.net. **
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UNIT OVERVIEW ** In this unit, a variety of animals are observed and compared; their needs and their adaptation to their environments are studied. The relationships among animals and between animals and humans are described, as is the development of animals from birth or hatching to maturity.
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 * TIME FRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION: **This unit should take 6 thirty minute lessons and one field trip (1 hour); total 4 hours.
 * SCIENCE FOUNDATIONAL AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES **

 
 * Observe and describe many types of animals**
 * 1) Recognize characteristics which can be used to identify and describe animals.
 * 2) Identify, by sight or by sound, a wide variety of animals.
 * 3) Classify animals on the basis of their size, their body coverings, the foods they eat, and their relationships to humans.
 * 4) Recognize that there are several ways in which the same set of animals may be classified.
 * Describe the basic needs of animals**
 * 1) Identify some animals which make good pets.
 * 2) Identify a pet's basic needs.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Compare the needs of other animals with pets.
 * Explain** **how animals are adapted to their environments**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Describe the habitats of some animals.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Explore the ways that animals adapt to their environments.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Explain how animals depend on their habitats for their basic needs.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Observe, describe, or imitate how animals behave in their natural environments.


 * Describe the development of animals from birth or hatching to maturity**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Describe the physical changes of several animals from the newly hatched or born to the mature adult.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Compare the amount of care needed by the young of several species.