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Animal Body Parts | Hero Elementary™

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Animal Body Parts | Hero Elementary™

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/animal-body-parts-media-gallery/hero-elementary/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

In these Hero Elementary activities, children learn about animals’ body parts. This includes humans! Children observe different animals. They notice how animals’ bodies are alike and not alike. They compare animals’ body parts and notice patterns. They find a way to solve a problem by copying how animals use their body parts.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 1

5 ) Design a solution to a human problem by using materials to imitate how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs (e.g., outerwear imitating animal furs for insulation, gear mimicking tree bark or shells for protection).*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
L4.3: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met. Some interactions are beneficial; others are detrimental to the organism and other organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L4.4: When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.

NAEP Statement::
L4.7: Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that enable them to survive in different environments. Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function

Disciplinary Core Idea: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Use given materials to design a device that imitates how plants and/or animals survive, grow and/or meet their needs.

Teacher Vocabulary:

materials
design
solution
human problem
imitate
external parts
survive
needs
insulation
mimicry
camouflage
protection
ask
plan
imagine
create
improve

Knowledge:

Students know:

How plants use their external parts to survive, grow and meet their needs.
How animals use their external parts to survive, grow and meet their needs.
People can imitate how plants and animals survive and grow to help us solve a human problem.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Design a device that attempts to solve a human problem.
Use materials to imitate external structures of plants and animals.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Organisms, STC
Wild Feet, ETA/hand2mind

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.1.5- Match an environmental situation with an appropriate human action (e.g., wearing a jacket when it is cold; animals growing a thick coat during the winter; wearing protective gear like a turtle has a shell).

Tags:

animal, features, living thing, structures, survival, survive

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Animal Body Parts | Hero Elementary™