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stuffed animal templates - Science Teachers of Missouri
Stuffed Animal Science This stuffed animal program has been a huge hit! Due to me limita ons, science is o en an overlooked curriculum in the early elementary grades, which is a shame and wrong as science connects to so many other areas—include a huge student interest. The natural way to fix this is to create an easy science unit with the following characteris cs: Kids love it—who doesn’t love a stuffed animal? Teachers love it—again, who doesn’t love a stuffed animal? And this program is super easy to run. It is an integrated unit combining science, literacy, and a li le math too. Read on to see how this program was run in this example and then change it to suit your needs! Have fun! Where do you get the animals? Op on 1: Purchase them. You have many choices when purchasing stuffed animals but it is best to pick realis c stuffed animals as opposed to cartoon‐like animals. Your price will de‐ pend on the size you pick. The animals pictured above were purchased on Amazon.com mostly from the Melissa & Doug brand collec on. These are pricey because of their size. Most of the cost between $40‐$100 each. However, this is because the program was run as an en re district program. The animals rotated to over 50 teachers over the course of a se‐ mester and served over 1,000 students. You can save a lot of money by purchasing smaller animals for the program. Op on 2: Have the kids bring in their own animals. Students can sign up to bring their animal in for a week and then take it back home. This is a very cost effec ve method that would work if you are just doing this program in your classroom. How Long? This program works best if you concentrate on one animal for a week. You won’t discuss the animal all the me but when it is science me you would concentrate on just the one animal. Go to the library and find a couple of books for that animal or use the links provided in these files. Weekly Components: Realis c‐looking stuffed animal Books from library to go along with that animal PowerPoint Slide to gather ques ons about that animal (first day each week) PowerPoint slides with links to web cams and informa on about that animal Weekly animal template where student research and record informa on on that week’s animal. Animal math sheet where students use the concept of scale to determine how many of their stuffed animals would equal the length of the real animal. Classroom Zoo—culmina ng ac vity where the students then bring in another stuffed ani‐ mal all on the same day and the animals are displayed around the room along with their animal’s informa on page (using the blank animal template provided). Invite another class or parents in to see the classroom zoo. How to Introduce the Animals: To add some fun each week, put your animal in a box. Tape pieces of paper to the outside of the box with clues to what animal is inside and make the students guess what the animal is for that week. The students had a blast with this part of the program. Comparing Sizes Let’s see how many of your stuffed animals it would take to equal the length of the real animal! My animal is a ________________________________ Draw Your animal and you here to show how your animal’s size compares to you. Draw a picture that shows how many of your stuffed animals would fit into the length of the real animal. 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