Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.

Worksheet on animals around your home; log book; graphs.

Objective: Using information learned about common birds, insects and animals, students will conduct home observations of the animal life around their neighborhood.

Activity: Students will keep a record of various lifeforms encountered at home. Using a teacher-created worksheet, students will sketch and record animals around their home. After students complete this assignment, students will graph the various numbers of animals encountered. Have students discuss which animals were commonly seen and which were not. Did they see more animals during the day (diurnal) or at night (nocturnal)? How did the animals react when the students approached them? Why do animals react this way? What kinds of survival skills do animals have and need?

Assessment: The completion and correctness of the worksheet will reflect detailed observations of neighborhood animal life.