Science August 12-22
Plant or Animal
LS.1A. Recognize that living things are made up of smaller parts that contribute to the operation and well being of entire organisms
2. Identify plants and animals
4. Identify animal body parts: such as legs, arms, foot, hand, head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and teeth
5. Identify plant parts such as i.e. roots, stem, leaf, fruit, petal

August 12 Activities-Living or Nonliving
Sort pictures of living or nonliving (Take it to Your Seat Science Centers -emc5002-Grades 1-2 - pages 4-16)

Folder Activities

Website Is It Alive? (Online Videos)
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/tdc02/sci/life/colt/lp_living/index.html

Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/ourselves.shtml

August 13 Activities-Discuss differences between plants and animals
(Animals have 5 senses.)

Five Senses Folder Activities

Folder Activities

Cut out magazine pictures of plants and animals, sort pictures, glue on 2 pieces of paper.

Name plants or animals and have students tell which it is. Examples
raccoon (animal)
carrot (plant)
frog (animal)
oak (plant)
hawk (animal)

August 14 Plant Parts

Activities-
Worksheets on parts of a plant

Plant seeds (beans) -Plant in small plastic containers to use later for experiments. Also plant in clay pots.

Folder Activity

Read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Websites
Are you a plant?
 http://www.cuip.net/~agrosenheider/plant.html

Fun in the Garden
http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_fun_in_the_garden.html

Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml

August 18 Plant Parts
Worksheets on parts of a plant

Students will create their own flowers by pasting items on to a sheet of construction paper in the appropriate places- sunflower seeds, roots (shredded brown paper), stems (pipe cleaners), leaves (can be collected from outside), and flower petals (made out of construction paper)

Parts of a Plant Picture http://www.kinderplans.com/admin/images/partsofflower.pdf

Worksheets on parts of a plant

United Streaming-The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed

Students create salad. They name if each ingredient is a root, leaf, seed, whole plant, etc.

(Take it to Your Seat Science Centers -emc5002-Grades 1-2 - "We eat Plants" pages 117-128)

Build a Salad
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html

Incredible Edibles
http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_incredible_edibles.html

August 19 Body Parts

Website with ideas for you to look through to see which activities you wish to do.
http://www.kindercourt.com/OLD/kinfolinks/curriculum/moreaboutme.html

Worksheets on parts of the body

Folder Activities

August 20 Body Parts

Worksheets on parts of the body

Body Parts Book
http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/body/index.htm

Make paper bag puppets

August 21 Body Parts
Worksheets on parts of the body

Fingerprint, Handprint, or Footprint Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/handprint.htm

Animal Crafts
http://crafts.kaboose.com/animals/index.html

August 22 Teeth
School nurse will come and work with students.

Teeth Activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/teeth_eating.shtml

Dental Health
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/dental_health_month.htm

Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/teeth_eating.shtml