INVESTIGATING THE MOOSE:
View the following websites to find answers to the questions.
To find out information about the moose, click here!!
1. What does a moose looke like?
2. What countries does the moose live in?
3. Does the moose have any predators? If so, what animals?
To find out more information about the moose, click here!
1. How much does the moose weigh?
2. What does the moose eat?
3. What kind of habitats does the moose live in?
1. What is a male moose called?
2. What is a female moose called?
3. What is a baby moose called?
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1. How long does the moose live?
2. Can a moose swim?
3. What are the moose's antlers used for?
1. How much
does a newborn moose calf weigh?
Grade Level: PK / K
Subject Area(s): SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
Total Duration of Lesson: 35 - 40 minutes
Discovering the Moose:
This lesson integrates science and technology to teach children about animals. The animal that is the focus of this lesson is the moose.
Primary Learning Outcome(s) (PLO)
A. The student will use the computer to find information about moose.
B. The student will identify characteristics of moose and compare them to other animals
C. The student explains how the moose eats or the foods it eats or other information they will learn from the web sites.
D. The student will use the computer moose and point to pictures and words on the web site to find information about the moose.
CHART REVIEW ACTIVITY: As you go through each section of your web page, ask children to recall information they learned about the animal. The teacher records the information on chart paper using colorful markers
HANDS-ON ACTIVITY: Students will create a moose by tracing their foot (for the head) and their hands (for the antlers).
SKCS6 Students will
important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
Materials and Equipment
· Access to a computer with Internet connection
· Web site http://www.valdosta.edu/~ckbeck/topic1.html
· Chart paper and colorful markers
· construction paper
· “googley” eyes
· Pencil and Paper for teacher to make notes
List of Web Site Titles and URLs used in the web page
· Nature Works: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/moose.htm
Moose on the Loose! http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723
This is a computer-based activity. Children will work in a small group with the teacher who will show them the web page that they have designed on the animal. The children will find information based on questions developed by the teacher that are related to each of the web sites.
Procedures (Note: Give enough information so that someone else could teach this lesson using your plan).
Step One: Introduction
Before showing the children your web site, spark their interest by asking them a riddle about the animal
-We are going to learn about an animal that lives in the wild and its name rhymes with loose. Can anyone guess what the animal might be?
-What are some things you know about this animal? Let’s go to my web site to find out.
Estimated Time: (1-3 minutes per section)
Step Two: Teaching the
Primary Learning Outcome(s).
NOTE: As you review the web sites on your web page, remember that young children have shorter attention spans, so highlight information from the web sites that relate to the questions you are asking.
Allow children to take turns using the mouse to point to pictures and clicking on links to find new information.
Chart should have key questions for each web site listed.
1. What does a moose look like?
2. Where does the moose live?
3. What does a moose eat?
for understanding before going on to the next section by doing an
review. As they give you the answers, write RESPONSES BRIEFLY on
charts in brief phrases or sentence: i.e. spiders eat bugs.
Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Step Three: Closure
After going through 3-5 web sites with questions, and completing the chart, read back the information that they dictated as a review. This will help the children review and remember things that they thought important and interesting about the animal.
Estimated Time: 3 minutes
Assessing the Primary Learning Outcome
· Students will trace both of their hands and one foot on construction paper (may get another student or teacher’s help if needed) and cut them out.
· Glue the two hands to the heel part of the foot to make the antlers.
· Add “googley eyes” if they would like and decorate however they want.
· Glue the moose on another sheet of paper and draw the moose’s habitat and some things that he eats around him. (Some things included may be grass, trees, flowers, etc.)
ASSESSMENT: Attach a copy of any written assessment technique(s) used by the teacher.
Students who complete their activity will be allowed to go back to the computer and explore the moose web sites while the others complete their work.
This activity is a small group activity; therefore, the teacher will be able to help students with special needs by repeating information several times to clarify information. The teacher will also be able to assist students in developing fine motor skills by helping students as they use glue, pencils, crayons, scissors, etc.
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