Biological Change

4.6.spi.1	LC	Match fossil evidence with organisms that are alive today.
4.6.spi.2	LC	Identify animal and plant populations as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
4.6.spi.3 SPI 0407.5.2	LC	Infer possible causes of extinction.

Day 1 - Review of Skills Taught

Review science skills taught previously.

Cells - Show a picture of a plant and animal cells. Ask students to name parts and functions. (SmartBoard Activity)
Landforms - Show pictures of landforms and have students identify each.
Habitats - Ask the students to list some animals while the teacher writes them on the board. Then ask students to name the habitats that they live in - desert, rainforest, tundra, wetlands, etc.
Review terms - producer, consumer, prey, predator
1. Show four step food chains. Have students find consumers and producers, predators and prey.
Parts of a plant
1. Name parts and functions of each.
2. Name vegetables. Students tell which part of the plant they are eating.
Identify ways animals take in oxygen (lungs or gills)
Match pictures of parents to young
Discuss what would happen if an animal stopped reproducing or a plant wasn't pollinated
List animal adaptations.
- bird beak types
- rabbit and hares

Day 2 -

Review Vocabulary Words

predator - organism that does the killing

prey - organism that is eaten as food

producer - organisms that make their own food from sunlight and/or chemical energy from deep sea vents

consumers - organisms that eat producers or other consumers

decomposers - an organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter

hibernate - to spend the winter in a dormant state

migrate - to move from one place to another seasonally

dormant - temporary inactive state

adaptations - a change in structure or habits by which a species that improves its condition in relationship to its environment.

Add these new words:

thriving	doing well
threatened	population not low enough to be in immediate danger, yet if problems are not resolved will become endangered
endangered	in immediate danger of being extinct
extinct	no longer living

PowerPoints
- Definitions http://1151clinton.com/Documents/Laurie%20Kane%20-%20Endangered%20Animals%20PP.ppt
- Kids with H.E.A.R.T. http://www.tcsc.k12.in.us/es/Animal%20Web%20Pages/Kids%20With%20H.E.A.2.ppt
- http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/CallieMccarthy/Endangeredanimials.ppt (Animals begin with Slide 8)
Read TCAP Coach Lesson 10 pages 72-74
Brain Pop Extinction http://www.brainpop.com/science/ourfragileenvironment/extinction/
Have students make a poster using the opaque projector. Students must draw pictures of thriving, threatened, endangered, and extinct animals.

Thriving, Threatened, Endangered, & Extinct Animals Posters

Resources

Endangered Species C O L O R I N G Book "Save Our Species" http://www.epa.gov/espp/coloring/

List of thriving animals
List of threatened animals http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/SJON-58K8WK?open
- humpback whale
- southern elephant seal
- common wombat
- loggerhead turtle
List of endangered animals http://www.earthsendangered.com/
Pictures of Endangered Animals http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/endangered.shtml
- jaguar
- cheetah
- leopard
- gray wolf
- cougar
- ocelot
- Asiatic lion
- chimpanzee
- brown bear
- blue whale
- tiger
- giant panda
- red wolf
- Asian elephant
- mantled howler monkey
- giant otter
List of extinct animals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals
Pictures of Extinct Animals http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/extinct.shtml
- dinosaurs
- pterosaurs
- plesiosaurs
- ichthyosaurs
- giant beaver
- wooly mammoth
- Eastern woodland bison