Framing Question

How can we protect animals and the places they live?

Learning Goal

If students find evidence of animals living in our community and learn that they share the same needs to survive as humans, then they will appreciate the need for people to protect them and the places they live.

Curriculum Connections

https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/science-technology/grades/grade-2/strands B1. Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World assess ways in which animals have an impact on society and the environment, and ways in which human activities have an impact on animals and the places where they live https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/elementary-mathematics/grades/g2-math/strands C1. Patterns and Relationships identify, describe, extend, create, and make predictions about a variety of patterns, including those found in real-life contexts

Possible Sequence of the Day

The framing question focuses the learning of the day. The day starts with an engagement activity to assess understanding, engage the students, and introduce the framing question. The morning is spent doing investigations, exploring and conducting hands-on inquiry in regards to both the physical and characteristics of living things and how living things grow and change to survive in their environment. The afternoon application activity is focused on consolidating and then conducting a hands-on student learning experience such camouflage caper, building pollinator hotels or an earth stewardship project to help protect the places in which animals live.

Pre and Post Activities