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Nature Naturally, 1983
Designed for students in grades 4-6, the teaching unit presents illustrations and facts about snakes. Topics include common snakes found in the United States, how snakes eat, how snakes shed their skin, poisonous snakes, the Eastern Indigo snake, and the anatomy of a snake. A student page includes a crossword puzzle and surprising snake facts. A…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Animal Behavior, Identification, Intermediate Grades
Sammut-Tovar, Dorothy; Sturla, Kim – 1983
Activities in this unit are designed to sensitize students in grades 4-6 to the needs of animals and to the injustices many species suffer. The lessons focus on inhumane acts such as the use of steel-jaw traps, dogfighting, hunting, keeping exotic pets in captivity, using animals in entertainment, habitat destruction, factory farming, and animal…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Child Responsibility, Conservation (Environment)
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1985
Humane education promotes responsible behavior and improves the quality of life for animals and humans. Teaching the humane treatment of animals is a complex, philosophical, and values-oriented subject. Lessons for each grade level have performance objectives, materials, and activities. Student activity sheets are provided for follow-up…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Peninsula Humane Society, San Mateo, CA. – 1983
Activities in this unit are designed to familiarize primary grade students with the responsibilities involved in pet ownership. Teaching plans are provided for a total of 12 lessons involving social studies, language arts, math, and health sciences. Activities adaptable for readers and non-readers focus on pet overpopulation, care of pets when…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Child Responsibility, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textSheldon, Louisa; McCoy, Barbara; Leong, Kirsten; Wallace, Gwendolyn; Barwick, Allen; Reymund, Trudi – 1994
The New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences (NOAHS) Center at the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC. is dedicated to expanding understanding of the biological factors, including the critical role of biodiversity, that influence animal survival. This set of activities includes a description of NOAHS and the NOAHS mission, and letters…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Animal Behavior, Animal Caretakers, Environmental Education
Johnson, Frank – 1979
Eleven stories describe traditional practices and true adventures of the Tlingit hunters of Southeast Alaska. The stories are accompanied by learning activities and discussion questions for students and are arranged under the headings of bear, mountain goat and deer, and seal and sea lion. Topics include hunting weapons and strategies, bravery,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Studies, American Indians
