2.38 Categorizing Flora and Fauna
This is Lesson 38 (“Categorizing Flora and Fauna”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, in the Environmental Science unit. In this one-on-one mentoring lesson, the mentee defines habitat, uses magazine and catalog pictures to create three different habitat collages on index cards, and summarizes habitat characteristics while drawing parallels between the diversity of habitats and the differences and similarities among people.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Categorize flora and fauna by type of habitat.
- Summarize habitat characteristics.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- 15 (or more) 3- by 5-inch index cards
- nature photographs from magazines and catalogs that show plants and animals found in different habitats
- pencil, pen and/or crayons
- scissors
- paste
- white paper
- Precepts
- H. Social growth — H1. Acknowledge that differences exist among people
- Unit
- Environmental Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Key Terms
- habitat
- Resources
- None
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.1Science as Inquiry