Transcript Science Lesson Plans Grade 2 Area: Life Science Lesson #1 Animal Babies • Standard: Students will know that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and.

Science Lesson Plans
Grade 2
Area: Life Science
Lesson #1
Animal Babies
• Standard: Students will know that
organisms reproduce offspring of their
own kind and that offspring resemble
their parents and one another
• Materials: stuffed animals of pigs,
zebras, elephants of different sizes and
plastic toy figures of family with two
parents and three children
Engagement
• Who made your breakfast this morning?
• Do animals have families?
Exploration
• Group work: recorder,
reporter, materials,
manager
• Materials given
• Observe toys and
discuss
• Sort
• Draw picture of sorting
Explanation
• Can you tell me why you sorted them that
way?
• What can we say about two animals of the
same kind having babies?
Evaluation:
Adults
Babies
Put X
If you
agree
Handout
Elaboration: each group gets
one of the following pictures
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1. Two white rabbits
2. Two black rabbits
3. One white and one black rabbit
4. One brown and one black and white
spotted rabbit
What will the babies look like?
-Circulate about room and overhear conversations
Assessment
- Observation of group dynamics
will be noted on chart for each
group
-Camera will be used to
document observing,
cooperating, communicating of
students
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