Module 4-Science 2B (RETIRED) - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn about the various ways animals communicate. Students will learn about biomes and identify different animals that live there.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	The Five Senses and Animal Communication	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Animal Communication and Signals	"Koko’s Kitten," by Dr. Francine Patterson crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
3	Biomes	crayons or colored pencils pen of pencils

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	The Five Senses and Animal Communication	Learn about the various ways animals communicate. Identify the five animal senses.
2	Animal Communication and Signals	Explore ways animals communicate.
3	Biomes	Identify the desert, forests, aquatic, tundra and grasslands biomes. Indicate the different animals that live in these biomes. Examine the adaptations the animals made to their environments.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
nature animals five senses communicate feathers hear smell touch taste see observation biomes desert rainforest tundra environment ecosystems grasslands wetlands forests aquatic

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	The Five Senses and Animal Communication	1	The Five Senses and Animal Communication Assignment
2	Animal Communication and Signals	1	Animal Communication and Signals Assignment
3	Biomes	1	Biomes 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
The Five Senses and Animal Communication	What are some ways animals communicate?
Animal Communication and Signals	How do pets communicate?
Biomes	What is a biome?

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
The Five Senses and Animal Communication	Animal Communication	What are some ways animals communicate? What are 5 things you learned from this video?
Animal Communication and Signals	Dogs	What are some jobs dogs do? What is their purpose in the jobs they do? How do dholes communicate? How do painted hunting dogs communicate?
Animal Communication and Signals	Parrots	What are 5 things you learned about parrots from this video? How do parrots communicate?
Biomes	Biome	What is a biome? What is a desert biome? What is a grassland biome? What animals live in a grassland biome? What is a deciduous forest biome? What animals live in a deciduous forest biome?
Biomes	The Grasslands Biome	What are 5 things you learned about the grasslands biome?
Biomes	Desert Habitats	What are 5 things you learned about the desert?

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	Animal Talk	Seon-hye Jang	420L
2	Amazing Animal Communicators	John Townsend	NC810L
3	Many Biomes, One Earth	Sneed B. Collard III
4	What Is a Biome?	Bobbie Kalman	NC910L

Module Outing:

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

#	Outing
1	Visit a pet store to observe the different animals and see if your student can observe them communicate.