Zoology 1, Week 4: Snake, Seal, Human Hand

Here are some notes from our final week of Zoology I. We will finish up this Science topic in May.

Zoology I, Week 1: Cuttlefish, Nautilus, Snail

Zoology I, Week 2: Clam, Jellyfish, Earthworm, Fish

Zoology I, Week 3: Termite, Ant, Wasp, Honeybee

Monday, January 28

• lay out the Tree of Life Mat and display the Tree of Life Leaves for the animals we have studied so far
• look at figure 5.3 on page 34 of Klocek: egg/seed, larva/leaf, pupa/bud, butterfly/flower
• read "The Honeybee," pages 53-59 of Klocek

Tuesday, January 29

• look at wooden insect life cycle flip-over tops
• read A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston
• look at and taste honeycomb, look at its design in a side-by-side comparison with paper wasps' nest
• draft honeybee summary for MLB, discuss art options including hexagon stencil
• look at X-ray of snake skeleton on the light table
• watch episode 4, Sophisticated Serpents, of David Attenborough's DVD Life in Cold Blood

Thursday, January 31

• add The Honeybee to MLB
• consider resources for snake: notes from watching Sophisticated Serpents, poetry from Douglas Florian's Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs, Water Moccasin fact file card from Everglades Habitat Mat
• draft, edit, and add The Snake to MLB
• read "The Seal," pages 29-34 of Kovacs

Friday, February 1

• review the seal; read "Miss Farr's Pet Seal," pages 34-37 of Kovacs, based on the true story Seal Morning by Rowena Farre; tell students that I have purchased her book for the classroom
• read "The Seal" by William Jay Smith, page 111 of The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry
• review negative space drawings (earthworm, fish, ant), show Leah's MLB illustration for the seal inspired by the Live Ed drawing lesson (from Animals Among the Elements)
• do watercolor painting of the seal
• add The Seal to MLB
• read final chapter of Part I of Kovacs book, "The Limbs," pages 75-78
• unpack newly arrived Silkworm Discovery Kit and place petri dish of silkworm eggs in a warm spot, discuss the human hand in relation to our upcoming Fibers & Clothing block (a perfect transition!)

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