👽 Mini-Unit: Aliens Among Us

📄 Student Handout

Earth is invaded! Or… maybe we’re the aliens?
You get to explore adaptation + survival across planets.

Your Mission:

1. Study Earth Life

   • How do humans + animals adapt to heat, cold, water, mountains?

2. Choose a Planet

   • Mars? Jupiter’s moon? Your own made-up world?

3. Invent an Alien

   • Draw/design how it survives (lungs? wings? super-eyes?).

   • Explain how the planet shaped its body + culture.

4. Create the Story

   • What happens when humans + aliens meet?

   • Write a treaty, a comic, or a story about first contact.

End Product: “Alien Survival Guide” or story.

Bonus: Stage a soccer match between aliens + humans.

📘 Teacher Guide

• Objectives: Connect biological adaptation to imaginative design; compare/contrast human vs. alien survival strategies; produce creative artifact.

• DOK/Bloom’s: DOK 3 (analyze adaptations), DOK 4 (design aliens + narratives), Bloom’s analyze/create.

• Materials: Space/biology books, art supplies, LEGO/digital drawing tools.

• Differentiation: Scaffold research with charts; extend for advanced learners by requiring alien economy/government.

• Assessment: Alien design + reasoning for adaptations; creative final product.