7. Animal Characteristic Breakdown: Reaching Your Curricular Goals By Teaching with Animals
Naturally Teaching Elementary: A Podcast for Teachers and Homeschool Families · Victoria Zablocki, Elementary Teacher turned Outdoor Educator
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Show Notes
Animals are inherently interesting to students, so let's take advantage of their characteristics to help you reach your curricular goals! In this episode I introduce different Next Generation Science Standards that can be enhanced by teaching animal characteristics.
I also conduct an animal characteristic breakdown where I explain what makes mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects similar and different from each other. I do this by touching on 6 different categories of characteristics including:
- Animal covering
- How they breathe
- How they have young
- If they are warm-blooded or cold-blooded
- If they are a vertebrate or an invertebrate
- A unique characteristic to that animal group
Tune in to learn about the unique traits of these animal groups and get inspired to teach animal characteristics in your classroom!
Resources mentioned 💚
- Amphibians Vs Reptiles: How to Teach the Difference in Your Elementary Classroom
- Animal Characteristic Booklet Bundle
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