Format
Sharky, our large costume character, will lead us through this program as we explore sharks and their adaptations. This class will include the following:
1. A class brainstorm about sharks
2. Shark size activity
3. Shark teeth exploration
4. Shark drawing activity with emphasis on adaptations and shark senses
5. Shark conservation discussion
6. Question and answer session
Objectives
Students will:
- discuss, and debate with evidence, the characteristics and adaptations that make a shark a shark
- share observations with peers, chaperones, or an Aquarium educator
- ask questions and make observations about sharks and rays using pictures/Videos and shark artifacts
- compare and contrast shark sizes and teeth by observing jaws and pictures
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Science (grades 1-2)
Science as inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Physical Science
Properties of objects and materials
Position and motion of objects
Life Science
The characteristics of organisms
Organisms and their environments
Science and Technology
Abilities of technical design
Understanding about science and technology
Science in personal and Social Perspectives
Characteristics and changes in populations
State Standards
California science standards
Kindergarten:
1.a. Students know objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper) and their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating, sinking).
2.a. Students know how to observe and describe similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants and animals (e.g., seed-bearing plants, birds, fish, insects).
2.b. Students know stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they do not really have.
4.c. Describe the relative position of objects by using one reference (e.g., above or below).
4.e. Communicate observations orally and through drawings.
Grade 1:
1.a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.
2.b. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food, and plants need light.
2.c. Students know animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also use plants or even other animals for shelter and nesting.
4.d. Describe the relative position of objects by using two references (e.g., above and next to, below and left of).
Grade 2:
2.c. Students know many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents. Some characteristics are caused or influenced by the environment.
2.d. Students know there is variation among individuals of one kind within a population.
4.g. Follow oral instructions for a scientific investigation.