Science Lesson Plans

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Science Lesson Plans

• Grade 2
• Area Life Science

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Lesson 1 Animal Babies

• Standard Students will know that organisms
  reproduce offspring of their own kind and that
  offspring resemble their parents and one another
• Materials stuffed animals of pigs, zebras,
  elephants of different sizes and plastic toy
  figures of family with two parents and three
  children

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Engagement

• Who made your breakfast this morning?
• Do animals have families?

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Exploration

• Group work recorder, reporter, materials,
  manager
• Materials given
• Observe toys and discuss
• Sort
• Draw picture of sorting

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Explanation

• Can you tell me why you sorted them that way?
• What can we say about two animals of the same
  kind having babies?

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Evaluation
Handout
Adults
Babies
Put X If you agree
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Elaboration each group gets one of the
following pictures

• 1. Two white rabbits
• 2. Two black rabbits
• 3. One white and one black rabbit
• 4. One brown and one black and white spotted
  rabbit
• What will the babies look like?

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• Circulate about room and over-
• hear conversations
• - Observation of group dynamics
• will be noted on chart for each
• group
• Camera will be used to
• document observing,
• cooperating, communicating of
• students

Assessment

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That's it for Lesson 1 !
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Lesson 2
Life Cycle of an Ant
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