Mrs. Clark's Science Class

Chapter Objectives:

-identify how scientists classify animals

-differentiate between invertebrates and vertebrates

-identify the characteristics of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals

-differentiate between warm-blooded/cold-blooded animals

-identify what an animal behavior scientist does

-identify the characteristics of fish and amphibians

-identify and describe the structures and features that benefit fish and amphibians in survival and growth

-construct an explanation, using Scripture, stating why animals reproduce after their own kind

-identify the ways fish and amphibians reproduce

-sequence the stages of frog metamorphosis

-identify the characteristics, structures, and features of reptiles

-describe how God has provided the structures and features that benefit reptiles for survival and growth

-sequence the pattern of the reptile life cycle

-explain, using Scripture, why there will one day be no predators and no prey

-infer in an investigation how a cold-blooded animal depends on the temperature of its habitat for survival and growth

-explain why people should care for reptiles

-identify the characteristics of insects and spiders

-describe the structures and features that benefit insects and spiders in survival and growth

-identify the ways that insects and spider reproduce

-sequence the stages of ladybug metamorphosis

-create a hypothesis about the stages in the life cycle of a mealworm

-construct a living space for mealworms

-observe and record the changes in a mealworm’s life cycle

-draw conclusions from the data collected