Lesson Plan: Hibernation (Science, Grade K)
Subject: Science
Grade: K
Lesson Objective: To learn about how frogs hibernate
Common Core Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Materials:
Starter:
Say:
- What do you know about frogs? (Allow the students to answer.)
Main:
Say:
- Frogs are animals that live in or near water and are an animal called an amphibian.
- Amphibians are animals that are called cold-blooded. That means that their bodies change temperature as the air or water around them changes temperature.
- If an amphibian is in warm water, their bodies are warm. If an amphibian is in cold air, their bodies are cold.
- What do you think happens to frogs in the winter? (Allow the students to answer.)
- Frogs hibernate in the winter just like many other animals. Why do you think they hibernate? (Allow the students to answer.)
- Frogs hibernate because they would not be able to find food to eat or water to drink.
- Frogs depend on the air around them to keep them at a comfortable temperature. When they get too cold, they can die.
- Hibernating lets the frogs stay safe through the winter until it is warm enough for them in the spring.
- We have talked about how bears, groundhogs and chipmunks hibernate by going in a burrow or a den where they are warm and protected while they hibernate.
- Today, we are going to be reading about frogs and how they hibernate. We will then answer some questions about what we have read.
- Does anyone have any questions?
Feedback:
Say:
- Who would like to share your answers? (Allow the students to share)
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