Rebecca+(Lauren)

= Aquarium Pictures!!! = **Who Am I?** (Post-visit Activity) **Duration:** 30-45 minutes **Vocabulary:** basic needs, characteristics, habitat **Grades: 1** **Objective:** Students will write descriptive clues about an underwater animal to play the game “Who Am I?” as a class. **State Standard:** **S1L1**. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals. b. Identify the basic needs of an animal. - Air - Water - Food - Shelter d. Compare and describe various animals - appearance, motion, growth, basic needs. **ELA1W1.** The student begins to understand the principles of writing. e. Writes in complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement. i. Begins to write different types of sentences (e.g., simple/compound and declarative/interrogative). k. Begins to use a variety of resources (picture dictionaries, the Internet, books) and strategies to gather information to write about a topic. ELA1LSV1. The student uses oral and visual skills to communicate. The student: a. Follows three-part directions c. Responds appropriately to orally presented questions. d. Increases vocabulary to reflect growing range of interests and knowledge. **Engage** Review basic needs: food, water, air, and shelter. TW begin activity with a brief explanation of animal characteristics, and why they are important. Characteristics tell us information about the animal. For example, what it looks like, what it eats, what it does, etc. These characteristics help us see what’s the same and different about each animal. For example, a fish has scales, and uses gills to breathe. A sea star, has bumps, lots of tiny tube-feet, and comes with five or more legs. TW explain that all animals live in a unique environment. This environment is called a habitat. An animal’s habitat tells us information about what the animal needs to live. For example, a clown fish lives in an anemone. The anemone protects the clown fish from other animals and provides a home. TW explain that all animals must have food to live. Some animals eat lots of different things, and some eat only one type of food. **Materials** Writing Paper Pencils White copy paper Markers/crayons/colored pencils Large strip of butcher paper with various ocean habitats (for extension) Animal Fact Sheets (from GA Aquarium) **Books** - __Ocean__ by Mary Ling - __What’s It Like to Be a Fish?__ By Wendy Pfeffer - __Face to Face with Dolphins__ by Plit Nicklin - __Face to Face with Sharks__ by Jennifer Hayes - __Octopuses and Squids__ by Valerie J. Weber - __Sea Horses__ by Deborah Coldiron - __Penguins__ by Cherie Winner - __Whale Sharks__ by Anne Welshbacher - __Pod of Killer Whales__ by Viki Leon - - **Explore** - Review with students the animals that they saw at the aquarium. - Review some of the characteristics of these animals they observed while visiting. **Explain** - Tell the students that they will be writing clues about aquatic animals to use in a class game. - Tell students that their animal clues need to include: a. Characteristics of the animal b. What the animal’s habitat is like c. What the animal eats d. One other exciting fact about the animal - TW hand out a variety of books about aquatic animals and the animal fact sheets from the GA Aquarium. - Hand out paper and pencils. - Students will look through the materials and pick an animal, and read some information about its basic needs, characteristics, and habitat. - Explain that different animals with specific characteristics to help meet their basic needs differently (i.e. large animals live in large spaces; small animals live in small spaces). - Students should write their clues on the paper, and then draw a picture of the animal on a sheet of white paper. **Extend** **:** Post the large strip of butcher paper with the various aquatic habitats. Have students consider where their animal would live, and why. **Evaluate:** Each student will take turns reading their written clues to the class. The other students will guess what the mystery animal is. Have each student display their picture with clues on the large sheet of butcher paper in the appropriate aquatic habitat. **Resources:** **GA Aquarium Teacher Resouces (Animal Fact Sheets)** - __Ocean__ by Mary Ling - ** ISBN-13: ** 9780789478528 - ** Pub. Date: ** June 2001 - __What’s It Like to Be a Fish?__ By Wendy Pfeffer - ** ISBN-13: ** 9780064451512 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** February 1996 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Face to Face with Dolphins__ by Plit Nicklin -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9781426301414 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** September 2007 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9780836892420 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** July 2008 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Face to Face with Sharks__ by Jennifer Hayes -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9781426304040 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** February 2009 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Sea Horses__ by Deborah Coldiron -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9781599288215 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** January 2008 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Penguins__ by Cherie Winner -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9781559718103 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** July 2001 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Whale Sharks__ by Anne Welshbacher -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9781560652717 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** September 1995 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> __Pod of Killer Whales__ by Viki Leon -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** ISBN-13: ** 9780976613473 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ** Pub. Date: ** November 2006 -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
 * -<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> **** __Octopuses and Squids__ by Valerie J. Weber **