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Day 1 Landforms 4.9.spi.1

1.  Review plant and animal cells

• Show pictures of plant and animal cells. Have students identify cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, & chloroplast.

• Picture of a Cell http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/cell/bul2/

• Animal Cell Pictures

  • http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/cellcolor.html

  • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell/label/

  • http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm

• Plant Cell Pictures

  • http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/cellcolor-plant.html

  • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/cell/label/

  • http://kg025.k12.sd.us/cells.htm

  • http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm

• Match description of function to organism part for cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, & chloroplast.
  http://www.flashcardmachine.com/cell-parts-andfunctions.html

2.  Read TCAP Coach Lesson 18 "Recognizing Geological Features" pages 110-112

3.  Pass out Flashcards. Have students cut apart the cards and discuss.

4.  Show PowerPoint Presentation.

• ***[PPT] What are Landforms?

• ***Land Forms

• [PPT] Landform Picture Dictionary

• [PPT] Landform Definitions

• [PPT] Landforms (a lot of sound)

• http://mabryonline.org/blogs/burke/archives/2006/09/landforms_power.html

5.  Build landforms from modeling clay.

Landforms, continents Jeopardy

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Days 2-3 - Earth's Different Environments 4.2.spi.1

1. 1.  Read TCAP Coach Lesson 4 pages 46-49

2. 2.  United Streaming Habitats: Homes for Living Things (15:00) OR Animals around Us (21:04)

3. 3.  Discuss each on the following environments. Ask students which landforms they are likely to find in each of the environments.

4. 

tundra

• Build terrarium biome for the Arctic. - Place cubes of Styrofoam to represent ice and snow. Decorate with plastic animals. Sprinkle with sparkling white sand to represent snow.

• Arctic Animal Concentration

desert

• Show Reading Rainbow episode 62 --- Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus

• Build terrarium biome for desert. - Plant cacti in fish bowl. Decorate with plastic desert animals. Sprinkle with sand and small brown rocks.

• Worksheets pages 23-24 Learning About Animals (Students place kangaroo rat, elf owl, and zebra-tailed lizard in their hidden homes in the desert.)

• Camel in the sand picture http://www.daniellesplace.com/HTML/animal_crafts.html

grassland

• Build terrarium biome for grassland.

• Build a Prairie Online Activity http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/tb1.html#

• Worksheet page 49 from Science Enrichment (Students X animals that do not belong in the grassland.)

• Savannah Concentration Game

wetland

• frog craft http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/frogs.htm

forest

• Coloring page 38 from Learning About Animals called "In the Woods"

• Worksheet page 51 from Science Enrichment (Students X animals that do not belong in the forest community.)

rainforest

• Build terrarium biome for rain forest.

• Show Reading Rainbow episode 94 --- The Salamander Room

• Read The Great Kopek Tree

• Worksheet with Sentence Strips

• Worksheet with Animals

• Monkey Craft http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/jungle-monkeys.html

ocean

• ocean animal craft ideas http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/ocean.html

• http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/under_the_sea.html#

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Eat animal cookies. Students must name the environment each animal lives in before eating. Give each child (group) a box of animal crackers and a habitat picture page. Have them sort the animals into the habitats they belong. Have the students discuss why the animals belong in the habitats they put them in. Have students compare with another student or group.  Discuss differences.

Matching activity - Match animals to correct environment.

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Day 4 Ecosystem Interactions 4.2.spi.2

1.  Read TCAP Coach Lesson 5 pages 50-52

2.  United Streaming Food Chain Mystery, The (15:00)

3.  Vocabulary - predator &  prey

1. predator - organism that does the killing

Characteristics

• excellent eyesight

• strong wings

• sharp teeth

• fast leg muscles to catch prey

prey - organism that is eaten as food

Characteristics

• fast leg muscles to run away from predator

• good hearing

• can hide well

• colors that blend in with environment

4.  Online Activities where students build food chains

• Chain Reaction (Choose between northern and forest food chains.) http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm#

• Food Chain Quizzes
  http://www.countrysidefoundation.org.uk/Activities/Foodchain/chainmain.htm

5.  Worksheet page 55 from Science Enrichment (Students build a food chain.)

6.  Food Chains and Webs - Bulletin Board Activity

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Day 5 Organisms Affect the Environment 4.2.spi.3

1.  Read TCAP Coach Lesson 6 pages 53-56

2.  Vocabulary consumer &  producer

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 -- These come in different levels depending on what they eat: 

• Primary consumers (eat primary producers): cows, rabbits, tadpoles, ants, zooplankton, mice.

• Secondary consumers (eat primary consumers) : frogs, small fish, krill, spiders.

• Tertiary consumers (eat secondary consumers): snakes, raccoons, foxes, fish.

• Quaternary consumers (eat tertiary consumers): wolves, sharks, coyotes, hawks, bobcats

3.  Online Food Web Activities

• Build a Food Web http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/form_wildcats.htm#
• Food Webs http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

4.  Read Book - Who Eats What? (Food Chains and Food Webs) by Patricia Lauber

5.  Students make poster with a food chain.

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/