Changes to the Environment

Thematic Unit Topic: ___Caring for Farm Animals

Classroom Area: ____Science Center______

List the Items You Plan to Introduce and How Much They Will Cost (a minimum of 6):
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Paper
Crayons
Pencils
Markers
Reference books, such as caring for Your Dog (J. Preszler), about
caring for pets
Animal Habitats Flannel Board
Magnets
4. Masking Magnifying glass

10. Magnets
11. Kaleidoscope
12. Feathers
13. Thermometer
14. Leaves
15. Stone
16. Tape
17. Vegetables
18. Dairy products
19. Corn
20. Grain
21. Feather Observation
22. Colored Celery Stalk.
23. Eggs

How will you introduce these items? (At the beginning of the thematic unit, throughout the unit during
a small group lesson plan, circle time)
This activity will be introduce during small group time.
Are there any special rules that the children need to follow when using these items?
Safety.

What do you hope the children to learn?

The child will be able to collect and compare different types of leaves.
The child will be able to discuss how leaves are alike and different
The will be able to express or communicate feelings (like or dislike) farm animal
The child will be able to compare color, taste, and texture of different products on the farm.
The child will explore, observe, experiment, predict outcomes and learn how to solve the problem.
The child asking questions, making research, communicating with others, predict outcomes, classifying
and observing.
Provide small paper cups for every children. Place the soil in the paper cup. Put the pumpkin seed on the soil.
Place the cups in the sun and water it every day. Observe daily to watch the sprout grow.
What are some ways that the children can reflect on what they have learned?
Encourage the child to taste and smell the different kinds of dairy products. Ask the child
I will talk to the children about the effect of lemon juice coating, which keeps oxygen from the apple that they
do not change color rapidly. Why the celery change color? As the celery leaves transpire, water is pulled up the
stalk and into the leaves, through narrow canals called xylem vessels. Because each vessel leads to a different
part of the plant, half the leaves turn blue and half the leaves turn red.