The Science Museum Needs your Help!!!

1. The Science Museum Needs your Help!!! Grade 1 By Hagar Abdel-Baky and Kristen Erickson

2. Task Choose one animal and describe where they live, where they get their water, what types of food they eat, and the shelter and space they need to survive. Draw the different areas for shelter, what they need to eat, how much space they need to live and other needs for the animal to live in the habitat. You will then write a few sentences explaining your habitat design. You will label the animal, the environment in which it lives in, the types of food it eats, the

3. Process • Pick one of these three habitats: • Jungle • Ocean • Pond • Explore these animals and choose one for your habitat design: • Once you have chosen your animal, please answer the following questions: • Which habitat did you choose? • What type of animal did you choose? • Where do they live? • What types of food do they eat? • Where do they get their water? • How are they protected?

4. Process Cont. Once you have answered these questions, please draw the habitat environment and animal on your poster. Make sure you include the answers above in your drawing.

5. Resources • Habitat/Books/Websites • Jungle Books • Eyewitness books Jungle • Life in the Rainforest • The best book of Nighttime animals • Frogs and other Amphibians • Yikes!! • Jungle Websites • http://rainforestheroes.com/kidscorner/rainforests/slideshow/ • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtmlhttp://www.rainforestanimals.net/ • http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm

6. Resources cont. • Ocean Books • Ocean Life About fish • Fish faces • The best books of Nighttime animals • Ocean websites • http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/index.htm • http://www.nwoca.org/~hol_www/OceanAnimals.html • http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/oceanlife.htm

7. Resource Cont. • Pond Books • Crinkleroots guide to knowing animal habitats • In the small small pond • Eyewitness books Pond and River • Habitats The best book of Nighttime animals • Frogs and other Amphibians • Pond websites • http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/lakes/index.htm • http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/pond/life.html • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/pond/pondlife.shtml

8. Evaluation Total Points received: ___

9. Conclusion CONGRATULATION researchers!!!!!!!!!! You have finished your mission. You will now present your habitat poster to the museum board (your classroom students). Prepare to talk about the different parts of your poster and what you wrote about your habitat.