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Amazing Animals
A PowerQuest for
Second Grade
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By:
Greta Jones
Penny Lynch
Old Richmond
Elementary School
Essential Question
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Question…
How do animals live and
survive in different habitats?
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• Animals live all over the world.
• They have different needs
depending on where they live.
• As a junior animal expert you will
choose an animal and
investigate what they need to
survive.
Task
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Choose an animal from one of these parts of the
world.
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Arctic – Polar Bear, Penguin, Caribou
Ocean – Whale, Jellyfish, Shark
Desert – Meerkat, Bark Scorpion, Texas Horned
Lizard
Rainforest – Boa Constrictor, Red Eye Tree Frog,
Orangutan
Process
1. Once you have chosen an animal, click on the
picture of where your animal lives.
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2. Things to look for:
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Animal habitats
What your animal eats (prey).
How your animal has adapted to its environment
An interesting fact about your animal
3. Take the information you have learned and make a
visual presentation to present to the class
Animal Habitat
Select a habitat
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Rainforest Animals
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• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub
jects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimal
s.shtml
• www.rainforestanimals.net/index.html
• http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/traci/anim
als/animals.htm
Ocean Animals
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• http:// hol_www/OceanAnimals.html
www.nwoca.org/~
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/c
oloring/oceanlife.shtml
• http://www.ocean.com/film.asp?locat
ionid=44&resourceid=116&ProdId=&
CatId=11&TabID=&SubTabID=
Arctic Animals
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• http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/
arctic/Awildlife.html
• http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/ani
mals.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/c
oloring/arcticanimals.shtml
Desert Animals
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• http://www.desertanimals.net/
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/c
oloring/desert.shtml
• http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/d
efault.asp
Animal Worksheet
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Click on the picture to go to the
animal worksheet
Resources
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• http://www.desertanimals.net/
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/d
esert.shtml
• http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/default.a
sp
• http://www.rainforestanimals.net/index.html
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/r
ainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml
• http:// hol_www/OceanAnimals.html
www.nwoca.org/~
• http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/animals.htm
• http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/A
wildlife.html
Evaluation Rubric
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Junior Animal
Expert
(keep trying)
Animal Expert
Good!
Senior Animal
Expert
Way to go!!
Super Senior
Animal
Expert Wow!
Animal
Worksheet
Little or no
information on
worksheet
Some
information
listed but
writing may
be unclear.
Worksheet
lists all
required
information
and is easy to
read
Worksheet
lists all
required and
additional
information
written
clearly with
few mistakes
Visual
Visual does
not show a
clear
understanding
of animal
Visual shows
some
understanding
of animal
Visual shows
clear
understanding
of the animal
Visual shows
an advanced
understanding
of animals
needs
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Score
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Conclusion
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– Congratulations!!
– Now you can learn how other animals live.
– Have fun!!
– http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/keystage3/b
iology/pc/learningsteps/ADSLC/launch.html
– http://www.ocean.com/categorytoc.asp?locationid=44&tabid=&subtabid
=11&CatID=11#prodpic
Teacher
Second Grade
Science
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Competency Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and build
an understanding of animal life cycles.
Objectives
1.01 Describe the life cycle of animals including:
Birth.
Developing into an adult.
Reproducing.
Aging and death.
1.02 Observe that insects need food, air and space to grow.
Social Studies
Competency Goal 8: The learner will recognize how technology is used
at home, school, and in the community.
Objectives
8.02 Explain how technology has affected the world in which we live.
8.03 Interpret data on charts and graphs and make predictions.
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