Driving Question:

How can we as zoologists and architects , design a habitat that protects and provides animals the necessities to survive

Project Summary:

First grade researchers took an in-depth dive into 7 different animal habitats. We became fluent in the various climates, foods, shelters, adaptations, threats and overall survival needs. Once we finished learning about each habitat, we decided which animal we were interested in the most. To become animal experts, we visited the Denver Zoo, learned about animal extinction and researched our animal using grade level texts. We used this information to write our very own nonfiction text and built a diorama. Our dioramas are habitat replicas to demonstrate what each animal looks like and needs to survive. 

Standards:

CSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.5

Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.6

Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.10

With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.7

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).