INSPIRE: Reach Every Child 2 nd Grade Life Science Program Classroom and Gallery Lessons. Inspire: Reach Every Child. Description.

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1 INSPIRE: Reach Every Child 2 nd Grade Life Science Program Classroom and Gallery Lessons TEACHER GUIDE Inspire: Reach Every Child Description This special program fulfills many of the second grade state of Ohio standards in Life Science and Earth and Space Science. Museum instructors will focus on Ohio s habitats and wildlife and meet some of the Museum s live animals to identify interactions between living organisms and their habitats. In addition, students will learn about the atmosphere; air, water and weather with a lesson in the Planetarium. Lastly, Museum galleries will be toured with the classroom teacher while student work on their activity booklet learning about prehistoric organisms as well as plants, animals and habitats in other parts of the world. Objectives Learn that modern, as well as prehistoric plants and animals, require basic needs and that they get their needs from appropriate habitats Determine how animals, including humans, interact with and cause changes in their habitat Learn that the Sun is the source of energy driving the weather changes that can affect land, air and water Explore how atmospheric air and water relate to weather and seasonal changes that can be observed and measured Identify fossil fish, dinosaurs, and mammals that are something like animals on Earth today, but are extinct since their needs were no longer met Ohio s Learning Standards Grade 2: Interactions within Habitats This topic focuses on how ecosystems work by observations of simple interactions between the biotic/living and abiotic/nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Just as living things impact the environment in which they live, the environment impacts living things Some kinds of individuals that once lived on Earth have completely disappeared, although they were something like others that are alive today. Living things function and interact with their physical environment, both living and nonliving.

2 Ohio s Learning Standards (continued) Grade 2: Interactions within Habitats Living things cause changes in the environments where they live; the changes can be very noticeable or slightly noticeable, fast or slow Grade 2: The Atmosphere This topic focuses on air and water as they relate to weather and weather changes that can be observed and measured The atmosphere is made up of air Water is present in the air Long-and short-term weather changes occur due to changes in energy Before Your Museum Visit For many students, this will be their first trip to the Museum. Please share the online student video with your class. After the video, you may want to discuss the following: o What is a Museum and why are we visiting The Cleveland Museum of Natural History? o What is a Planetarium? o How should we handle objects at the Museum? o What is appropriate behavior in the Museum and Planetarium? o What is the appropriate way to interact with Museum instructors and other students in your class? o Introduce the vocabulary provided below. Complete the pre-visit activity with your class (teacher instructions are included online) Vocabulary Ohio Habitats and Wildlife adaptation things an organism has to help it survive bird an animal with feathers, lungs and lays eggs carnivore a meat-eating animal. Carnivores have teeth that are sharp and pointy. habitat the place where organisms find the food, water, and shelter they need in order to live and reproduce herbivore a plant-eating animal. Herbivores have teeth that are usually rounded or flat.

3 living organisms that are composed of cells, that grow, reproduce, use air and energy and can change or react to their environment mammal an animal that has hair or fur, has live birth and feeds its young milk modern something that exists now non-living not having the characteristics of a living organism; either a dead organism or an object that was never alive omnivore an animal that eats both meat and plants. Omnivores have some teeth that are sharp and pointy and some teeth that are flat or rounded. reptile an animal that has scales, has lungs for breathing and lays eggs Planetarium Program The Atmosphere air a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases that surrounds the Earth atmosphere - the gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body climate - the generally prevailing weather conditions of a region (e.g. temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds) throughout the year, averaged over long periods of time. cloud - a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in an atmosphere condensation the act of reducing to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state energy a source of power, such as heat or light, that can affect other objects evaporation to change from a liquid state to a gaseous state gas (vapor) - the state in which matter expands to occupy whatever volume is available liquid - the state in which matter maintains a fixed volume but adapts to the shape of its container precipitation - any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the Earth's surface seasons - each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the Earth's changing position with regard to the Sun solid - the state in which matter maintains a fixed volume and shape temperature how hot or cold something is, measured on a scale water the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and oceans. Pure water is odorless and tasteless. Water is a major constituent and essential for all living matter. weather - the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and pressure

4 Prehistoric Animals carnivore a meat-eating animal. Carnivore teeth are all sharp and pointed. dinosaur a prehistoric reptile with upright legs that lived during the Mesozoic Era (between 252 and 66 million years ago). Dinosaurs did not have wings for flying or flippers/fins for swimming, but there were reptiles that flew and swam living at the same time of the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs at the Museum include: Coelophysis See-low-fye-sis (a small, 2 legged, meat-eating dinosaur) Haplocanthosaurus Hap-low-can-tho-sore-us (large, long-necked animal. We call it Happy as a nickname) Allosaurus Al-owe-sore-us (2-legged meat-eater next to Happy) Tyrannosaurus rex Tie-ran-owe-sore-us wrecks (large, 2-legged meat-eater) Triceratops Try-sair-uh-tops (4-legged dinosaur with horns on skull) Edmontosaurus Ed-mon-toe-sore-rus, Parasaurolophus Pair-uh-saw-rawl-oh-fuss, Corythosaurus Kore-ith-oh-saw-us (these three dinosaurs are all duck-billed dinosaurs) Nanotyrannus Nan-owe-tie-ran-us (2 legged meat-eater in the Museum lobby) Stegosaurus Steg-owe-sore-us (model of dinosaur outdoors in front of the Museum) Dunkleosteus - (Dunk-ul-ah-stee-us) a bony-headed fish that lived in the ocean covering the Cleveland area 360 million years ago extinct animals or plants that don't exist any longer since their needs were not met fish an animal that lives in the water, has gills, fins and scales fossil the traces or remains of a once living organism from prehistoric times habitat the place where organisms find the food, water, and shelter they need in order to live and reproduce herbivore a plant-eating animal. Herbivorous animals have teeth that tend to be flat or rounded. mammal an animal that has hair or fur, has live birth and feeds its young milk. Mammal fossils in the Museum include American Mastodon (Mast-owe-don), a hairy, elephant-like animal and Glyptodon (Glip-toe-don, an armadillo-like animal) omnivore an animal that eats both meat and plants paleontologist the scientist that studies fossils prehistoric from the time before recorded history; approximately 5000 years ago skeleton - the complete set of bones that some animals have inside their bodies skull - head bones Post-visit Activities Have fun completing the post visit, Be the Creature game with your class

5 Have your class complete the student evaluation activity (Note: this does require parent permission all materials will be provided at the end of your Museum program) As a thank you for completing this, your class will receive a gift. Please complete the online teacher survey (You will receive a gift card to thank you for your time) Mail back your student evaluation activity sheets (Your class will receive a thank you gift) Extension Activities Draw pictures of animals before your Museum visit and after your visit. Students may choose to draw ones that are alive today or animals that lived long ago and are now extinct. Read stories of animals that include descriptions of behavior and habitat Discuss the similarities and differences between humans and other animals Create a play, "The Life of a(n) ". Students can choose the animal and feature its behavior, habitat, and interactions with other animals and plants. Set up a bird feeder outside and observe the different birds or other animals that use it. Over a period of weeks, try changing the foods in the feeder (sunflower seeds, millet or suet are examples). Predict whether or not the same animals will appear, or if they will be replaced by different ones. Observe and list any changes. Investigate how plants and animals differ in their basic needs, yet can share the same habitat and often need each other to survive. Try this for a variety of habitats including forest, meadow, lawn and pond. Observe, record data, and ask questions about the weather for a specific period of time (day, week, month, etc.) Do you see changes during the week? During the month? Use simple equipment to gather weather data as a class project or homework assignment (thermometers, etc.) Design and construct instruments that can be used to measure weather phenomena. Discuss various factors that affect weather (seasons, etc.) Online Resources for Teachers and Students Click the link below to find additional online resources. These websites are recommended by our Museum Educators and provide additional content information and some fun, activities to share with your class.

6 CMNH Educators regularly review these links for quality. Web addresses often change so please notify us if any links have issues. Cleveland Museum of Natural History Educator Resource Center (ERC) The Educator Resource Center offers educator workshops, thematic teaching kits, animal dioramas, and more for loan to area teachers. Contact the ERC at for information on individual or school membership. Visit the Museum s ERC website for more information on workshops Hours o Tuesday through Friday, 2 to 5 PM o Wednesday, 2 to 6 PM o Saturday, 9 AM to 1 PM o Closed Sunday and Monday Materials for Loan If you re interested in additional resources be sure to check out the following ERC materials or browse ERC materials online at Related ERC kits for this topic include: Wetlands Habitat: Investigate wetland habitats using simple collecting equipment, field guides, and animal track molds. Native Ohio Plants: Explore Ohio's native plants with specimens and field guides. Students will learn how to identify trees through leaves, seeds, and twigs that they encounter every day. Ohio Animals: Toys, rubbing plates, crafts, posters, big books, identification cards, and over a dozen puppets introduce students to local Ohio wildlife. Water Cycle: This kit includes a model of the water cycle, thermometers, measuring spoons, graduated cylinders, and more. All About Weather: This kit forecasts a successful lesson about weather. Hands-on instruments include an anemometer, barometer, hygrometer and thermometers. A fold-out map to teach weather forecasting is also available. Ohio s Fossil Record Mini-Kit: This mini kit offers a small selection of fossil specimens and replicas from Ohio. Additionally, the kit features a track cast of a prehistoric amphibian. Discover Dinosaurs: Let dinosaurs come alive with specimen casts of a Theropod footprint, Allosaurus claw, Tyrannosaurus rex tooth, Oviraptor egg and more.