1. Higher order questions
Lesson Topic(s): Science
2nd Grade
Week of: 1-7to 1-11, 2019
Objectives: Students will learn about the Arctic region and the animals that live in that region.
TEKS: 2.9A basic needs of animals; 2.9B environmental factors; 2.9C living organisms/food chains/camo
ELPS: 2E; 2F; 3E;4G;5G
Essential Question(s): How does living in the Arctic effect the animals that live there?
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Lesson Plan
Map of the Arctic
Id. Polar Bear
Id. Arctic Fox
Id. Walrus
Id. Ringed Seal.
Vocabulary
Arctic Circle
North Pole
Tundra
Magnetic North
Compass rose
Continents
ocean
Camouflage
Marine mammal
Habitat
Diet
Blubber
characteristics
land mammal
Coat/fur
Characteristics
Food chain
Whiskers/feelers
Tusks
mammal
blubber
Higher order questions
Analyze the map and explain why a lot of people don’t live in the Arctic Circle.
A polar bear is white and so are his surroundings. Explain how this is an advantage for the polar bear.
Compare and contrast the fox in the summer vs. winter.
Compare your experience with the blubber glove and the cold water to the walrus in the icy water and explain how he stays warm.
Compare and contrast the seal and the walrus.
Assessment Strategy
Students will locate the Arctic on a globe and color a map of the area.
Students will use prior knowledge of triangles to reveal the camouflaged polar bear in its surroundings. Make cottonball polar bear.
Students will create a fox with a coat that changes with the seasons.
Students will use a blubber glove to experience the effects of blubber in cold water.
Students will create a ringed seal and add 3D effects.