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Lesson 2: Animal Structure

Getting Started

Questions to Explore

  • How do living things survive in their communities?
  • How do animals' designs help them to live in their communities?
  • How does the environment support the needs of plants and animals?
  • What do communities provide for their members?

Facts and Definitions

  • Animals' body coverings help them to live in their communities.
  • An exoskeleton is a hard outer covering on the body of an animal.

Summary of Skills

  • Describe the needs of plants and animals (S)
  • Explore a wide variety of living things (S)
  • Ask and answer questions about organisms (S)
  • Sort organisms according to their parts and characteristics (S)
  • Compare objects according to attributes (M)
  • Identify and sort objects according to attributes (M)
  • Create simple graphs (M)

Introduction

Explain to your child that animals are designed so that they can live and grow in their communities. Ask your child to describe any interesting animals that she knows about and how their design helps them to live.
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