Five day unit plan on the Zoo for second graders.

1. Haley Swiger - Unit Plan

2. Analyze the Learner
Teaching to a second grade class about the zoo with 7 boys and 8 girls. 11 white,
3 African-American, and 1 Latino. Three students in the class have ADHD.
Prior knowledge of animals in the zoo will be assessed by asking what they have
seen in a zoo.

3. Main Objective
My second grade class will demonstrate their knowledge of the zoo with 90%
accuracy within a five day period including the identification of animals by
becoming an "expert" on a certain one and presenting their animal, the different
animal habitats by researching and creating a poster of a zoo and what you will find
in it, and what a zoo keeper does by social media and other communication tools.

4. Day by Day Breakdown
Day 1:
Ask students what animals they think are in a zoo, or animals they have seen in a zoo, and what they think a zookeeper
might do.
Introduce students to habitats and what animals you would find in those habitats.
Day 2:
Have the students become a “zoo animal expert” on one animal and present their animal on day 5.
Day 3:
Discuss different animal habitats and what animals can be found in them.
Day 4:
Learn what a zookeeper does and how he/she helps the animals and the zoo as a whole.
Day 5:
Have students present the animal they became an “expert” on and go over how zoo animals, their habitats, and the
zookeepers all work together.

5. Use of Technology
Identify Zoo Animals:
Digital Imaging - Photos of different zoo animals
YouTube & Storytelling - Video of informing students on animals in their habitats
Arts & Bots - Bot of a zoo animal
WebQuest - Allow students to discover more information on zoo animals
Web 2.0 - Choose a Web 2.0 application to research zoo animals
Podcast - Podcast of information on animals & what a zookeeper does to help them
QR Code - Code that is on a picture of an animal & gives you an interesting fact of said
animal

6. Use of Technology
Different Animal Habitats:
Digital Imaging - Photos of different animal habitats
YouTube & Storytelling - Video of informing students on animals in their
habitats
Media & Materials - Poster of a zoo & the animals in it
WebQuest - Allow students to discover more information on zoo animal’s
habitats
Web 2.0 - Choose a Web 2.0 application to research zoo animals
QR Code - Code that is on a picture of an animal’s habitat & gives you
information on which animal(s) live in said habitat

7. Use of Technology
What a Zookeeper Does:
Twitter - Follow the local zoo & one (or more) of their zookeepers
Facebook - Friend the local zoo & some of their zookeepers
Zello - Create a channel you can communicate with a zookeeper on
Blogs - Follow a blog of a zookeeper & their responsibilities
Podcasts - Podcast of information on animals & what a zookeeper
does to help them
Secondlife - Create an avatar & communicate with zookeepers

8. Work Cited
www.perfectlypreschool.com/Preschool-Lesson-Plans/Zoo-
Animals/
http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/con
ferencesandevents/ecollab/lpd/ZooAnimalExperts.pdf
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