Tadpole, legs, arms, frog, what???
Life cycles can be confusing and weird. This topic can also stay on a remembering, understanding, or application level of Blooms when taught. When trying to have our 1st grade students truly create, (not just create to remember or apply) we thought it would be a good idea to challenge our students to create their own animal. After their animal was created we then challenged them to create their own life cycle for this animal. We were hoping that students would have to analyze the animal to see how they would change in each step of the lifecycle.
We utilized the same concept of creating an animal with Kindergarten and 2nd graders to learn that animals have needs. Students were asked to create an animal and then analyze their animals needs. We used both Switch Zoo and Chatterpix for the students to create and present their animals. We also challenged the students to justify why their animal had needs. Students collaborated to determine the new animals habitat, food, temperature, and additional needs. Justifying their animals needs was a difficult concept that many students did not naturally complete or verbally explain.
For greater understanding it would be good to have the students evaluate each others creations, looking to see if the animals needs were justified in the chatterpix.
What are your thoughts on raising this lesson to a higher Blooms level?
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