Students explore basic survival needs of humans and wildlife and draw their own homes (habitats) and neighborhood. Background information is given for the teacher to preview before the lesson is taught.
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in food but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water. Assessment Boundary: none
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this performance expectation, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Performance Expectation Kindergarten students may need more knowledge about basic survival needs before this lesson. Reading a text or two about survival needs would be helpful support for this resource. Be sure to have students look for and identify patterns of basic needs among humans and animals. They can refer to prior knowledge/information gained from different types of media.
This resource is explicitly designed to build towards this science and engineering practice.
Comments about Including the Science and Engineering Practice After students have drawn a picture of their home (habitat), have them write about their picture. Kindergarten students may need to dictate this to someone older who will write the information down. Use the questions provided in the lesson plan to help students share and explain their drawings.
This resource is explicitly designed to build towards this disciplinary core idea.
Comments about Including the Disciplinary Core Idea After the discussion about the different ways to obtain food-shopping at the store, growing it in a garden, hunting, etc., have students choose a way and describe orally or by illustrating/write how they help prepare food at home.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this crosscutting concept, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Crosscutting Concept In order to meet the expectation of this Crosscutting Concept, students could keep a daily or weekly journal as described in the assessment section of the lesson. This will enable them to observe and describe patterns in the natural and human designed world that help humans survive.