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Background
You will read
the story "The Mixed Up Chameleon". You will discuss reptiles and
what they need to survive in their environment with your group
partners. This lesson challenges you to create an environment in
which the chameleon can survive in our classroom. The lesson is an
extension to the story in our reader. The lesson provides you
enrichment to integrate Language Arts, Science, and Technology.
Relevance:
As second graders you are very interested in the animal world.
You are curious to find how animals survive in their
environment. This lesson will provide the opportunity for you to
research and learn about one animal that you are not familiar
with. Each group must realize what an animal must have in order
to survive in an environment that is not their natural habitat.
Scenario
Our class has
just received a message from Oglebay Zoo that a chameleon will be
coming to live in our classroom. It will be with us for the entire
school year. How can you create an environment in which it will
survive?
Implementation
Plan
Day 1
Read the story "The Mixed Up Chameleon." Take a
KWL Chart (..\kwhl\KWHLChart.doc)
from the
supply table. Write your answers on the chart and return the chart
to the supply table. Be sure to write your name on your paper.
Day 2
Go to the computer station to read the book marked information on
environments of the chameleon.
Day 3
Your desks have been divided into groups. Find the desk with your
name tag. After all of your group has been seated you are to share
ideas of what a good environment for a chameleon would have in it so
that it could survive.
Day 4
Go to the same group that you were in yesterday. There is a
terrarium in the center of your group. As a group, brainstorm as to
what materials must be placed in the terrarium to build a suitable
environment for your chameleon. Then select one person from your
group to go to the supply table to get the materials that you need.
When that person returns with the supplies as a group you are to
work together to build an environment for your chameleon to live in.
Day 5
Access the rubric under assessment to discuss with your group if you
have correctly completed the assignment. Return to your group seat.
Be prepared to share with the class why your group chose the
materials that you did for your terrarium and how you constructed
it.
Assessment
Resources
Sites:
Materials:
- Reading
Textbook Story - The Mixed Up Chameleon
- Computer
-
Terrarium
- Soil
- Small
Sticks
- Sand
- Gravel
- Lettuce
- Fruit
Pieces
- Foss
Science Kit
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