2. Grade: First
Length of Lesson: One school day
Objective:
The student will be able use a map to locate animals, exhibits, restrooms etc…
The student will be able to plot the location of certain animals on a map.
The student will learn about the desert wildlife and their origins.
California Standards:
2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them
thrive in different kinds of places.
c. Students know animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also use plants or even other animals for shelter and
nesting.
National Geography Standards:
1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tool, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
Materials:
Pencil
Clipboard
The Living Desert Map
Lunch/Money
Anticipatory Set:
Before leaving for The Living Desert each student will be handed a worksheet with four animals on it. Each animal will have it’s
name and a brief description followed by questions. They will asked to complete and turn in the worksheet before leaving.
Activity:
The class will spend the day at The Living Desert viewing the plant and animal exhibits. They will learn where the animals live,
eat, and their classification (mammal, reptile, etc...). The students will also label the map with the location of the animals from the
earlier worksheet.
Closure:
Once back at school we will recap what was learned, then the worksheet will be returned to them. The students will correct any
mistakes on the worksheets.
3.
4. 1. On the map below write the name of the animal
in the continent where you think it is from.
