Module 7: Basic Needs- Science 1A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will consider animals' basic needs of food, water, air, and shelter, observe animals in nature, and draw animals. Students will identify what humans need to survive and thrive and create a book to demonstrate how humans survive and thrive.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Basic Needs of Animals	scissors pen or pencil
2	Human Needs	stapler scissors pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Basic Needs of Animals	Consider animals' basic needs of food, water, air, and shelter. Observe animals in nature. Draw animals.
2	Human Needs	Identify what humans need to survive and thrive. Create a book to demonstrate how humans survive and thrive.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
basic needs animals observe survive thrive human body

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Basic Needs of Animals	6	Basic Needs of Animals Assignment
2	Human Needs	6	Human Needs Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Basic Needs of Animals	What are the four basic needs every animal has?
Human Needs	What do humans need to survive and thrive?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Basic Needs of Animals	A Trip to the Zoo	What do elephants have in their shelter? What do pandas have in their shelter? What do dolphins have in their shelter? What do toucans have in their shelter?
Human Needs	Happy Healthy Humans	What does the brain do? How do you keep the brain healthy? How do you keep your heart healthy? What do your lungs do? What does your stomach do? What is over half of your body made up of?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	What Animals Need	Mary Lindeen	340L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

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