Unit Plan

Animals Are Everywhere!

By  Steven Hicks
  • Grades: PreK–K

Overview

Through these center-based activities, children will explore the animals that inhabit the earth.

Objective

The students will:

  1. Describe similarities and differences in the appearance of animals (e.g., size, shape, body coverings)
  2. Distinguish similarities and differences in how animals grow and behave
  3. Identify major structures of animals (e.g. arms, wings, legs, beaks, claws)
  4. Compare various habitats of animals

Lesson Plans for this Unit

Culminating Activity

If possible, teach this unit using live animals as examples, either in the classroom or on a field trip. After building plenty of background knowledge about animals, we visit The Natural History Museum and the zoo. Students bring clipboards with a recording sheet for the different kinds of animals they see. They record one animal for each category (see printable). We make "binoculars" out of empty toilet paper rolls that we use to "spot" the animals on our Animal Safari.

Supporting Books

Books for Teaching About Animals

  • Subjects:
    Animal Classification, Charts and Graphs, Content Area Reading, Compare and Contrast, Listening Comprehension, Research Skills, Biology and Life Science, Early Reading, Early Science, Early Writing, Real-World Science, Classification, Field Trips
  • Skills:
    Development of Reading Comprehension, Compare and Contrast, Science, Listening Comprehension, Research Skills, Writing
  • Duration:
    4 Weeks
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