MindMap Gallery NW Rek Map
This is a mind map about "NW Rek".
Floods
Acid Rain
Crans-Montana
Features of Youthful Stage - Geography
Arizona
Earth's Water
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Drugs
A map through a few days in Athens and the world of Epicurus
Vi - Jungle Route and Clearing
TULIP
NW Rek Map
Animal Tracks
Math
Measuring size of each animal'sfootprint
Art
Comparing our footprints withsize of animal tracks usingpaint
Science & Motor Development
Look for animal tracks
Place different tracks around room and havegroups follow and show at end of tracks whatanimal they found.
Animal Senses
Science
Hearing
Deer
experiment of cupping ears withhands to hear better in front
Sight
Close eyes and using your othersenses figure out by pointing where Iam
This is how nocturnal animals likeraccoons, owls, etc. "see" in the night.
Smell
bear
2,100 times better than a human's
Bears can smell toothpastefrom a mile away
Bring toothpaste and see if kidscan smell it from across theroom.
Animal Coats
Fur
Bears, Wolves, Fox, etc.
Otters
Need their fur clean or elsethey can't float on water.
Feathers
Bald Eagles
Ducks & Swans
Produce oil to keep their feathersfrom getting wet, to keep themwarm
Social Studies
Similarities between how they use theircoats to how we use our skin andclothing.
Need to keep dry to stay warm
Keep clean
water repellent
Habitats
Graph: What are some homes ofanimals we know?
Literacy
Book: Where Do I Sleep?
Why they pick their homes?
Food availability
Each child picks a NW animal and brings toclass an example of what that animal eats.(picture, actual food, etc.)
Stay dry
Safety
Weather
habitat dioramas
each child picks an animal and makes thehabitat of that animal in their own box with apicture of the animal.
put up around room
Music
"We're going on a bear hunt" song
Babies
Book: Northwest Animal Babies
How do they change as theygrow? Compared to us?
Graph the height of each animal
animal cards: sorting babiesand parents by pictures andnames