Unit+3+Watch+Me+Change

=Key Question: = How do people, plants, and animals grow and change? = = =Expanding Concepts: = How does a panda change in its first year of life? What new things can you do as you grow and change? How do children change as they grow? How do friendships change? What do seeds become? How do chameleons change? = Web Resources: = [|Live Panda Cam] Visit the San Diego Zoo to see live panda's. Children can record daily observations of the panda's in a science journal.

=[|Reading A-Z:] = When I Grow Up Level E A Seed Grows Level G I'd Like to Be Level H Friends: Games We Play Level B We Make a Snowman Level C The Team Level D Hugs Level E Farm Friends Level F Friends in the Stars Level F Friends Around the World Level H =[|Discovery Streaming] = Debbie Greenthumb: How Plants Grow Animal Lifecycles Animal Colors and Shapes = IS Resources: = = Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Picture Books:
=Library Media Collections: =

599.789 MAR Giant pandas. Martin, Patricia A. Fink. Children's Press, 2002
F CAL Dinner at the panda palace. Calmenson, Stephanie. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991

=Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: Watch Seeds Grow = Children plant seeds and care for them as they grow. Using drawing and measurements, children record the life cycle of their plants. (Language Arts Standard 1 Students engage in the research process)

This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesis your findings
 * Publish and present your findings

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]