Animal Farm Essential Questions
LESSON 2 Monday REVISED
Essential Question: What does it take to build your own farm?
Objective(s): Working in groups, students will develop and engage their growing understanding of measurement, perimeter, and area of squares/rectangles by designing a farm and planning the layout, areas, and materials necessary.
Goal: Create their own farm layout and label the area and perimeter of each section dependent on number of animals and area of crop desired.
Knowledge/Skills: perimeter, area, farm animals, animal size, spaces animals need to live in, multiplication
Materials:
ENGAGE: (5 min)
Teacher: Create a list on the board as students are called on to share:
What animals have been featured in Charlotte's Web so far? Are those typical farm animals? …show more content…
Task 2: How would you construct a pen for two chickens? Area? Perimeter?
Task 3: How would you construct a pen for four chickens? Area? Perimeter?
How could this pen be built differently?
4 x 1 OR 2 x 2
Task 4: Would this be the same for four geese?
Task 5: How would you construct a pen for one sheep?
What is the area?
What is the perimeter?
Task 6: How would you construct a pen for two sheep? Area? Perimeter?
Task 7: How would you construct a pen for one pig? Area? Perimeter?
Task 8: How would you construct a pen for two pigs? Area? Perimeter?
Task 8: With the meter sticks the students already have, build the largest pen you can! How many chickens can fit? What is the perimeter and area of this rectangle/square?
Chicken: 9 sq ft. per chicken 3 ft by 3 ft square need 4 yard sticks
Geese: 9 sq ft. per goose 3 ft by 3 ft square need 4 yard sticks
Sheep: 18 sq ft.per sheep 6 ft by 3 ft rectangle need 6 yard sticks
Pig: 45 sq ft. per pig 15 ft by 3 ft rectangle need 12 yard sticks STOP & THINK
How would you make a pen for two chicken?
Does this mean you need twice as many meter sticks? (No because you only need 6 sticks, not 8 sticks)
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Essential Question: What does it take to build your own farm?
Objective(s): Working in groups, students will develop and engage their growing understanding of measurement, perimeter, and area of squares/rectangles by designing a farm and planning the layout, areas, and materials necessary.
Goal: Create their own farm layout and label the area and perimeter of each section dependent on number of animals and area of crop desired.
Knowledge/Skills: perimeter, area, farm animals, animal size, spaces animals need to live in, multiplication
Materials:
ENGAGE: (5 min)
Teacher: Create a list on the board as students are called on to share:
What animals have been featured in Charlotte's Web so far? Are those typical farm animals? …show more content…
Task 2: How would you construct a pen for two chickens? Area? Perimeter?
Task 3: How would you construct a pen for four chickens? Area? Perimeter?
How could this pen be built differently?
4 x 1 OR 2 x 2
Task 4: Would this be the same for four geese?
Task 5: How would you construct a pen for one sheep?
What is the area?
What is the perimeter?
Task 6: How would you construct a pen for two sheep? Area? Perimeter?
Task 7: How would you construct a pen for one pig? Area? Perimeter?
Task 8: How would you construct a pen for two pigs? Area? Perimeter?
Task 8: With the meter sticks the students already have, build the largest pen you can! How many chickens can fit? What is the perimeter and area of this rectangle/square?
Chicken: 9 sq ft. per chicken 3 ft by 3 ft square need 4 yard sticks
Geese: 9 sq ft. per goose 3 ft by 3 ft square need 4 yard sticks
Sheep: 18 sq ft.per sheep 6 ft by 3 ft rectangle need 6 yard sticks
Pig: 45 sq ft. per pig 15 ft by 3 ft rectangle need 12 yard sticks STOP & THINK
How would you make a pen for two chicken?
Does this mean you need twice as many meter sticks? (No because you only need 6 sticks, not 8 sticks)
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