Everyone Has a Place

Objective: Students will create a  class magazine presenting knowledge of the interdependence of living and nonliving things in various ecosystems.

1)      Define habitat and ecosystem using text and musical resources.

2)      Define Adaptation using text and musical resources.

3)      Define and describe the 4 habitats: rainforest, forest, ocean and desert.

4)      List plants and animals that naturally exist in their respective habitats.

5)      Recognize animals as both predator and prey in the food chain.

6)      Identify plant and animal characteristics and adaptations that enable survival in their habitats.

7)      Choosing a habitat, each group of students will create magazine articles. The students will use art resources to inspire, design, and create illustrations and graphics to enhance written activities in the following categories: food chain, habitat, plant adaptations, animal adaptations, and maps of habitat locations.

8)      Students will assemble their individual products and publish in a class magazine

Supply List

www.songsforteaching.com (single source)

CD’s

Second Grade Rocks

Explore New Worlds by Jeff Schroeder

Cool Creatures by MMM kids

National Geographic

1)      Animals in Their Habitats Theme Set

2)      Plants in Their Habitats Theme Set

Books

1)      A Walk in the Rainforest by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini  ISBN-13:9781878265531

2)      Ocean (Eyewitness Book Series) by Miranda Macquitty ISBN-13:978075660711

3)      The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor ISBN-13: 9780689711053

4)      The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry ISBN-13:9780613285070

5)      Hand Print Animal Art by Carolyn Carreiro ISBN-13:9781885593092

6)      Hiding in a Desert by Patricia Whitehouse ISBN-13:9780613608862

7)      Ocean Animals by Sandra Donovan ISBN-13:9780739864098

8)      Forest Animals by Lane Evert ISBN-13:9781559717083

9)      The Museum of Modern Art’s Art Safari Collage Activity Kit by Joyce Raimondo ISBN-13:9781587171307