Format
1. Students will virtually visit with four animals from our Discovery Zoo.
2. Questions are allowed after each animal is discussed.
Objectives
The students will be able to:
1. learn about several species and their environment and behaviors (diet, lifespan, etc.)
2. learn about the individual animal (age, history, etc.)
3. develop an appreciation for conservation and protecting all animals
Standards Alignment
State Standards
All of our lesson plans are written in accordance with Ohio State Academic Standards.
Grade: Grade One
Area: Characteristics and Structure of Life
Grade Level Indicator: 1: Explore that organisms, including people, have basic needs which include air, water, food, living space and shelter.
Grade Level Indicator: 2: Explain that food comes from sources other than grocery stores (e.g., farm crops, farm animals, oceans, lakes and forests).
Grade Level Indicator: 3: Explore that humans and other animals have body parts that help to seek, find and take in food when they are hungry (e.g., sharp teeth, flat teeth, good nose, sharp vision).
Area: Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Grade Level Indicator: 4: Investigate that animals eat plants and/or other animals for food and may also use plants or other animals for shelter and nesting.
Grade Level Indicator: 5: Recognize that seasonal changes can influence the health, survival or activities of organisms.
Grade: Grade Two
Area: Characteristics and Structure of Life
Grade Level Indicator: 1: Explain that animals, including people, need air, water, food, living space and shelter, and plants need air, water, nutrients (e.g., minerals), living space and light to survive.
Grade Level Indicator: 2: Identify that there are many distinct environments that support different kinds of organisms.
Grade Level Indicator: 3: Explain why organisms can survive only in environments that meet their needs (e.g., organisms that once lived on Earth have disappeared for different reasons such as natural forces or human-caused effects).
Area: Heredity
Grade Level Indicator: 4: Compare similarities and differences among individuals of the same kind of plants and animals, including people.
Area: Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Grade Level Indicator: 5: Explain that food is a basic need of plants and animals (e.g., plants need sunlight to make food and to grow, animals eat plants and/or other animals for food, food chain) and is important because it is a source of energy (e.g., energy used to play, ride bicycles, read, etc.).
Grade Level Indicator: 6: Investigate the different structures of plants and animals that help them live in different environments (e.g., lungs, gills, leaves and roots).
Grade Level Indicator: 7: Compare the habitats of many different kinds of Ohio plants and animals and some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other.
Grade Level Indicator: 8: Compare the activities of Ohio’s common animals (e.g., squirrels, chipmunks, deer, butterflies, bees, ants, bats and frogs) during the different seasons by describing changes in their behaviors and body covering.