1. Systems and Survival
Lesson Overview
Order Hermit Crabs and Tree Frogs 6 weeks before starting
Lesson Overview Time Other Things to Know
Advance Preparation
1 • Pre Assessment 50 min * Draw 2 enlarged trees on bulletin board
• Plant & Animal Classification 60 min *Collect two 1-gallon milk jugs for conditioned
60 min water (pg 19)
60 min * Create cooperative learning groups of four
60 min *Book: Classification Clues
2 • Physical & Behavioral 50 min * Collect sticks for frog habitat
Characteristics 50 min *Prepare: Habitats
(humans/animals) * Need: Conditioned water
3 • Hermit Crab: Physical & 50 min *Collect stones for habitats
Behavioral Traits 50 min *Make Chart: What … About Hermit Crabs
4 • Hermit Crab Observation 50 min *Copy & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
(long term) * Make Observation Log Books
5 • Tree Frog: Physical & 55 min * Make Observation Log Books
Behavioral Traits 55 min *Make Chart: What … About Tree Frogs
6 • Inherited & Acquired Traits 50 min *Book: Animal Adaptations
50 min
7 • Research: Animal Traits 50 min *Make: Assignment board (pg 62)
50 min * Need: Reference Material (Big Backyard,
50 min Ranger Rick, Kids Discover, Internet, trade
50 min books)
50 min
8 • Learned Behavior: Frog/Crab 50 min *Teach Frog/Crab a learned behavior
9 • Fossils as Evidence of Ancient 60 min *Copy & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
Life *Need: Reference Material- Fossils
*Book: Fossils
10 • Environmental Changes & 50 min *Need: Resource Materials (pg 80)
Extinction 50 min *Make Chart: What…Plants and Animals
50 min *Need: Computer Lab Time
*Book: Animal Adaptations
11 • Plants: Physical Traits and 50 min * design experiments-environment change
Environmental Changes 50 min *Make Chart: The Physical Traits of Plants
12 • Human Systems- Main Function 50 min * Need: Magazines
50 min *Need: Reference materials(human anatomy
50 min and physiology
50 min *Assemble Model Arm (pg 96)
50 min *Book: magic School Bus- Inside the Human
50 min Body
60 min
13 • Systems Working Together 50 min *Human Systems Game