Animal Teeth
Elizabeth Lancaster Spring 2013
3rd Grade Science – Animal Teeth Continuation
PDE SAS State Standards:
S3.A.2.1.1: Generate questions about objects, organisms, or events that can be answered through scientific investigations.
S3.A.2.1.2: Make predictions based on observations.
S3.B.1.1.2: Classify living things based on their similarities and differences.
Essential Question:
What is an observation? How do you infer information from an observation? Why do scientists study animal’s teeth? What can an animal’s teeth tell us about the animal?
Student Objectives:
Students will review their knowledge of animal teeth. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of observation and inferring through writing in an investigation log. Students will be able to discuss and understand why the observation of animal teeth is important to understanding the animal as a whole.
Materials Needed: * Workbook page WB49 (28 copies) (Harcort Science , 2000) * Science Books (Harcort Science , 2000) * Deer skull with teeth intact for observation (supplied from a current student) * Graphic Organizer for Chapter Concepts
Activating Strategy:
Review knowledge of animal teeth. Students will look at the teeth booklet they completed, and discuss for a review. As a class, we will discuss the importance of observing and inferring. We will discuss what to observe in an animal’s teeth, how the animal’s teeth affect the animal’s ability to survive, and how to determine what an animal’s diet consists of.
Vocabulary:
1. Observe 2. Infer 3. Producer 4. Consumer 5. Decomposer 6. Interact
HOTS Questions: 1. Where does the food you eat come from? How does this differ from the way plants get their food?
Procedures:
1. Introduce the visitor/parent in the classroom. Explain that we will be working at times throughout the Science period as a class, and other times as individuals. (With their
3rd Grade Science – Animal Teeth Continuation
PDE SAS State Standards:
S3.A.2.1.1: Generate questions about objects, organisms, or events that can be answered through scientific investigations.
S3.A.2.1.2: Make predictions based on observations.
S3.B.1.1.2: Classify living things based on their similarities and differences.
Essential Question:
What is an observation? How do you infer information from an observation? Why do scientists study animal’s teeth? What can an animal’s teeth tell us about the animal?
Student Objectives:
Students will review their knowledge of animal teeth. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of observation and inferring through writing in an investigation log. Students will be able to discuss and understand why the observation of animal teeth is important to understanding the animal as a whole.
Materials Needed: * Workbook page WB49 (28 copies) (Harcort Science , 2000) * Science Books (Harcort Science , 2000) * Deer skull with teeth intact for observation (supplied from a current student) * Graphic Organizer for Chapter Concepts
Activating Strategy:
Review knowledge of animal teeth. Students will look at the teeth booklet they completed, and discuss for a review. As a class, we will discuss the importance of observing and inferring. We will discuss what to observe in an animal’s teeth, how the animal’s teeth affect the animal’s ability to survive, and how to determine what an animal’s diet consists of.
Vocabulary:
1. Observe 2. Infer 3. Producer 4. Consumer 5. Decomposer 6. Interact
HOTS Questions: 1. Where does the food you eat come from? How does this differ from the way plants get their food?
Procedures:
1. Introduce the visitor/parent in the classroom. Explain that we will be working at times throughout the Science period as a class, and other times as individuals. (With their
Cited: (2000). Harcort Science . In Life Science (pp. B42-B45). Oralndo, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego: Harcort Publishing.