Standard PET12 and Learning Targets

Wednesday, May 21 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for guinea pigs

Leading Question: What do guinea pigs require in their diets?

Introduction to Rodents

Watch Guinea Pig Basics

History and variety of guinea pigs.  Use the guinea pig slideshow to follow along.

Complete the guinea pig worksheet using the guinea pig slideshow.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for hamsters

Leading Question: How do you properly care for a hamster?

Review guinea pig worksheet 

Introduction to Hamsters

Read through the articles on hamsters.  Fill in the chart based on the guinea pig information you have gathered and what was read about hamsters.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for chinchillas

Leading Question: How do you properly care for chinchillas?

Introduction to chinchillas and mice.

Review the chart and add chinchillas and their caring instructions to the chart.  

Complete the rodent vocabulary using the textbook or internet.  Then you can work on the word search.

Monday, May 26, 2025

No School

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for gerbils

Leading Question: How do you properly care for a gerbil?

Introduction to Gerbils

I Have, Who Has Rodents

Review the chart you created in the notebook and add gerbils and their caring instructions to the chart.

Develop a list of supplies gerbils need.  You may use the internet.  Include pricing in your research.  This is part of an ongoing activity that will be turned in.   You should also do the same research for guinea pigs and hamsters.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for mice

Leading Question: How do you properly care for mice?

 Introduction to mice

Use the mouse slideshow to follow along.

Complete the designer genes worksheet that highlights how coat color is inherited in mice.

Complete the rodent crossword puzzle. 

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Objective: Describe how to care for rats

Leading Question: How do you properly care for a rat?

Review the rodent vocabulary

Introduction to Rats.  Use the rat slideshow to follow along.

Review the chart you created and add rats and their caring instructions to the chart.

Complete the rat reproduction worksheet.  

Complete final assessment

Friday, May 30, 2025

Objective: Assess on rodents

Leading Question: What are the different coat patterns in mice?

Take the rodent quiz.

Use the supply list with pricing you created for each rodent and develop a rodent store brochure.  Use the rubric to help guide your brochure.  This is the performance assessment for this unit.  

Monday, June 2, 2025

Objective: Assess on rodents

Leading Question: What is piebald?

Use the supply list with pricing you created for each rodent and develop a rodent store brochure.  Use the rubric to help guide your brochure.  This is the performance assessment for this unit.  

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Objective: Assess on rodents

Leading Question: How many hairs are their per follicle on a chinchilla?

Use the supply list with pricing you created for each rodent and develop a rodent store brochure.  Use the rubric to help guide your brochure.  This is the performance assessment for this unit.  

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Objective: Assess on rodents

Leading Question: What is your favorite rodent and why?

Use the supply list with pricing you created for each rodent and develop a rodent store brochure.  Use the rubric to help guide your brochure.  This is the performance assessment for this unit.  

Turn in interactive notebook

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Clean back room