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Habitats are Homes
2nd Grade
Jean McCasland and Diane Schroeder

Oklahoma PASS Objectives
Science XI. C.
Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different funcitons in growth and survival.

NPS Curriculum
Science 3.6 The student will describe a habitat as the place where an organism lives.
Math 3.1.3 Write number senteces for story problems.

NPS Technology
Scope & Sequence Objectives

Students open and save files to their own network drive.

Students print a document.

Students use the mouse to choose options in a menu.

Students use the text tool to describe a picture in a paint program.

Description: Students will utilize the paint program to show a habitat for certain animals or plants and write a math story problem to go with their illustration.

Lesson :

1. Open a paint program (Start > Common Programs > Accessories > Paint).

2. Encourage students to explore the tools of the program, trying the pencil, eraser, paintbursh, spray can, and paint bucket.

3. After exploration have students go to Edit > Select All... to select all the page, then Edit > Cut to clear the page.

4. Now have students create an animal habitat picture using more than one animal in their natural habitat.

5. Direct students to write a number sentence telling a story problem about the habitat picture and animals.

6. Have students Print their work (File > Print).*

*To make sure that pictures print to just one page you must change the page size.


Online Resources
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
http://animals.about.com

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