Science Lesson Plans

Grade 2

Area: Life Science

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

Engagement

• Who made your breakfast this morning?

• Do animals have families?

Exploration

• Group work: recorder, reporter, materials, manager

• Materials given• Observe toys and

discuss• Sort • Draw picture of sorting

Explanation

• Can you tell me why you sorted them that way?

• What can we say about two animals of the same kind having babies?

Evaluation:

Adults

Babies

Put X If youagree

Handout

• 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?

Elaboration: each group gets one of the following pictures

Assessment

-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

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