Week 5: May 4-8

Learning Goal: Biomimicry

I can identify solutions to human problems by mimicking how plants and/ or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Estimated Time for The Week:

20 - 30 minutes

Type of Lesson:

Biomimicry

Materials:

Electronic Device, pencil, paper

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here! (It includes pictures for the steps below.)

1. Read: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
   1. This story tells about unique features that animals have in order to survive.
   2. Later we will learn how people sometimes copy those unique features!
2. Vocabulary: Mimic
3. Focus Question
   1. Do you think inventions can be inspired by animals and their features?
      1. Look at each invention picture and think about what animal could have inspired the invention.
4. Vocabulary: Biomimicry
   1. When people copy animal or plant features to solve their problems, it’s called BIOMIMICRY.
      1. Biomimicry Song
5. Challenge
   1. Write about or draw an item that seems to mimic a feature of an animal.
      1. Take a picture of the item you choose
      2. Take a picture of your drawing or writing
      3. Explain what animal the item mimics
      4. Send your work to your teacher through email or SeeSaw
6. Additional Activities/Extensions
   1. Animal Tracksters
   2. What if You Had Animal Teeth
   3. Creature Features

Learning Goal: Digital Citizenship

I can describe the roles of consumers and producers.

Estimated Time for The Week: 20 minutes

Type of Lesson: Economics

Materials: Electronic device, paper, pencil

• Optional: items to create and sell, ingredients for recipe

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here!

• Time to review! Click on the pebblego link to review what Producers and Consumers do.
• Let’s watch a fun read aloud about a Trip to the Market!
• Listen for consumers and Producers throughout the story. Answer the following questions:
  • What goods were being sold at the market?
  • Is the main character a producer or consumer?
  • What would you buy at the market?
• Check out the video on how carrots are grown by the producer and taken to store to sell to the consumer. Answer the questions:
  • Who produced the carrots? That’s right, the farmers!
  • Who does the store hope to sell their carrots to? That’s right, the consumers!
• Time to become a Producer! Students will draw, create or cook a product to sell.
  • What will you produce? Try to sell your product to your family.
• Producer to Consumer! With parent/guardian guidance, students will choose a simple snack/recipe to produce. When it’s finished, students will consume their snack. This practices both being the producer and the consumer!
• Finish the sentence...
  • My job as the producer was to….
  • My job as the consumer was to...
• Here are some fun ideas to extend this lesson:
  • Role play more consumers and producers.
  • Bake/cook anything with parent assistance!
  • More extension questions:
    • If you could produce anything, what would it be and why?
    • Would you rather be a consumer or producer? Why?