This unit plan outlines a week-long lesson for a second grade class to learn about wildlife in different regions of the world. The class will be divided into groups, with each group assigned to research the animals found on a particular continent. Over the course of five days, the teacher will provide instruction on the wildlife of continents across the Americas, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, and Europe. Students will use videos, pictures, and guided internet research to learn about the animals and create a poster displaying their findings. The goal is for all students to recognize and describe different types of wildlife around the world by the end of the lesson.

1. Unit Plan
Wildlife of the Different
Regions of the World
-Melissa Frye

2. The Learners
 My class is a group of 19 second graders: 9
boys and 10 girls. 3 children are African
American, and 2 children are Latino.

3. Main Objective
 My students will recognize and describe different types of wild life
found in the different regions of the world. They will locate the
continents or countries on a globe and tell me what animals live
where and give small details about their habitats such as weather
they endure and the food the animals eat. The students will
participate in small groups and create a poster board of a continent I
give them. They are to provide on the poster pictures they find and
small facts. Students will do this with the help of my lecturing, using
guided research online, and science magazines/books found in the
library. This lesson will last a week, and students will have a 100%
success rate.

4. Day by Day….
 Day 1: The Americas (North, South, Central)
(Students will be given their group continent also this day)
 Day 2: Africa
 Day 3: Antarctica & Australia
 Day 4: Asia & Europe
 Day 5: Review and discussions, poster
presentations.

5. Use of Technology
 As a class, we will watch and discuss videos and
pictures I find of animals in their habitats. We will use
this technology to help give a visual of what the
environments are like in each continent.
 The students will have guided internet research time to
read about their continent and the wildlife residing there.

6. Works Cited
 Animals.nationalgeographic.com
 Enchantedlearning.com
 AnimalPlanet.com

7. Works Cited
 Animals.nationalgeographic.com
 Enchantedlearning.com
 AnimalPlanet.com