Student Application

What animals eat tells what kind of organism they are. Learn how organisms eat different foods from their habitats for energy and why we call this a "Food Chain".

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand that organisms require energy to move, breathe, think, and grow.
2. Students will know that life forms inhabit areas on the earth called habitats, where food is available to them. Food is the source of energy for organisms.
3. Students will realize that food chains are the key to how the s...
   
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1. Before viewing the video
   1. Discuss with the students what they had for breakfast. List on the board. The list might include fruit, cereal, toast, eggs, bacon, juice, etc. Then select students to tell the source of each of these items. For example, the bacon comes from pigs that eat plants that get th...
      
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Student Application

Watch this excellent lesson in classifying animals.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand that organisms, like animals, are grouped together by the ways in which they are alike and different; this is called classifying.
2. Students will know the six different classifications of animals and describe the characteristics of each.
   1. Insects: With more th...
      
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Supporting Activities

1. Classifying: Before watching the video, have students work together to make groups of familiar objects in the classroom. Students can even sort themselves by height, hair color, eye color, shoe type, etc. Encourage students to find new ways of classifying the same objects. For example, bottle tops can be separated into plastic and not plasti...
   
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Student Application

From tadpole to frog, egg to chicken, caterpillar to butterfly, and puppy to dog, learn the stages of the life cycles of animals.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand that there are four different stages in an animal's lifecycle: First, it is born; second, it grows and changes and becomes an adult; third, it produces offspring; and fourth, it dies. The animal's offspring can have their own offspring, and so on. The "cycle" part of the word "lifecycle" means that although an individual ani...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Pantomime: After watching the video, divide the students into two groups. One group represents the simple metamorphosis; the other represents complete metamorphosis. Have each group work out a way to show the other group what happens in their version of the lifecycle through pantomime. This activity can be done in pairs or small groups as we...
   
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