Total Duration: |
31 to 60 Minutes |
Materials and Resources: |
Per group:
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Technology Resources Needed: |
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Background/Preparation: |
Engage: Think/Pair/Share: How can an animal's color help it survive in its environment? Allow the students to share their answers aloud and tell them that you will revisit that question at the end of the lesson. Explore: Pass out the materials to the groups, and allow time for the following investigation:
Replace the white cloth with the patterned cloth. Repeat steps 2-4 three times and record your data in the chart below:
Replace the patterned cloth with the green cloth. Repeat steps 2-4 three times and record your data in the chart below:
Explain
Elaborate Allow the students to repeat the investigation on a piece of black cloth. Ask: “How might an animal’s color help it survive at night in the dark? Evaluate Ongoing teacher observation should be used as a formative assessment throughout the lesson and discussions. |
Assessment Strategies |
Students will answer the following question in their science notebooks to ensure that the learning target has been met: Explain how an animal's color can help it survive in its environment? |
Acceleration: |
Allow the students to research other characteristics of an animals that might help them survive in their environments. Students should present their findings to the class. |
Intervention: |
It may be helpful to preview the vocabulary that will come up in the lesson. Providing the terms on cards would help them to visualize the word as they hear you say it during the lesson (survival, infer, coloration, environment, camouflage). |
View the Special Education resources for
instructional guidance in providing modifications and adaptations
for students with significant cognitive disabilities who qualify for the Alabama Alternate Assessment.
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