Reptiles Lesson Plan: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Reptiles, and supports the standard of making observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Show images of mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, insects, and reptiles.
Ask:
- How are these animals alike?
- How are they different?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Reptiles movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about reptiles while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw a reptile in its habitat.
- Activity: Chameleons change color to warm up or cool down. See how dark and light colors might help these reptiles control their body temperatures.
- Talk About It: How do reptiles stay safe?
- Write About It: Baby sea turtles have many predators. A sea turtle can lay over 100 eggs, which all hatch at the same time. Why do you think a sea turtle lays so many eggs?
More to Explore
Animals Unit: Continue to build understanding around reptiles by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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