Marsupials Lesson Plans

1. Marsupials Marsupials
Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Lesson Plan : AELP-ANM0203 Marsupials Source: School Library Media Activities Monthly, (6:7, March 1990) Grade Levels: 2, 3 Subject(s): Science/Animals Information Literacy/Research Skills Library Media Skills Objectives: The student will use encyclopedias to locate information about marsupials. The student will use periodical indexes a...

2. Know Your Cousins - Monotremas, Marsupials, and Placentals
Know Your Cousins - Monotremas, Marsupials, and Placentals Wilma Haynes Ruggles School 7348 S. Artesian 7831 S. Prairie Chicago IL 60629 Chicago IL 60619 (312)535-3085 Objectives: This lesson is designed for primary students. It identifies some mammals. Students should be able to recognize characteristics of mammals. Students should be able...

3. Continents of the World
...final activity consists of making balloon globes and having an "Around the World Celebration" complete with games, food, and dancing from each of the continents! Sample Lesson Plan: Australia Date : November 18 Time : about an hour 1. Objectives: The students will name the characteristics that make marsupials unique and participate in a shared reading/singing activity. 2. Motivation: Start this lesson with a KWL to find out what the kids know about Australia. Ask someone to show the class where Australia is on a map and a globe. Decide what direction it is from North America where we live. Ask them if an...

4. Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
...Class time 45-50 minutes required: Materials and equipment: Worksheets: Australia's Special Mammals Continental Map of Australia (containing Mammals) Continental Drift Student Worksheet Summary of activity: After completion of this activity students will: 1. know the difference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals 2. be able to compare and contrast these organisms (Australian mammals) with other mammals 3. know mammalian characteristics 4. will be able to identify Australian mammals 5. learn about the unique variation and diversity of mammals located in Australia. 6. learn about this un...

5. AP Biology Chordates - Birds/Mammals
...Mammals. Show relationship of size to respiration rate. III. Library Research. Choose ONE topic. Find 2 articles on the topic. Cite the article. Summarize each article (1/2 page each) then write ½ page of your opinion on the topic. 15 pts. 1. Were dinosaurs birds? 2. Why does Australia have all the Marsupials? 3. True or False: 95% of bird species are extinct.

6. Gould League - Food Webs - Secondary Activities
...h animal and summary information. As a class activity, guided by the teacher, students mount posters on a blackboard or whiteboard (using blu tack or magnets) and use the information to group animals in different ways such as by habitat, by niche or position in the food web, by major groups such as marsupials (pouched mammals), eutherians (placental mammals) amphibians, invertebrates big cats etc.. The 'experts' on the animals may be called upon during this discussion to explain the animal and its habitat or niche. Extension Explore convergent evolution by referring to the activity Different species but...

7. Adaptive Radiation: Darwin's Finches
...them a selective advantage in circumstances where buds are the only real food source for finches." 6. Show students pictures of a koala and a kangaroo. Have them make a venn-diagram of similarities and differences, and present it in words. Explain that koalas and kangaroos are of the same species (marsupials), and read them this following brief history. "All the marsupials in present day Australia would have evolved from one common ancestor. However, over time and via natural selection, the many marsupial species (i.e. kangaroo and koala) have occupied their own ecological niche and adapted accordingly....

8. NS 5: Vertebrates
...ruct them to write their notes on the board. 3.Review, correct, and add to their notes. 4.Card activity. Handout index cards labeled with main classes to the students who gave notes on those classes (Agnatha-1, Chondrichthyes-2, Osteichthyes-2, Amphibia-3, Reptilia-3, Aves-3, Mamalia-1 monotreme, 2 marsupials, 3 placental). Ask students to draw one or more examples of the class on one side of the card. Hand out the same number blank cards as labeled cards to the students. Ask them to write the characteristics we went over on the board on one side of the card. 5.Card practice. Instruct students on rules o...

9. NS 5: Vertebrates
...ruct them to write their notes on the board. 3.Review, correct, and add to their notes. 4.Card activity. Handout index cards labeled with main classes to the students who gave notes on those classes (Agnatha-1, Chondrichthyes-2, Osteichthyes-2, Amphibia-3, Reptilia-3, Aves-3, Mamalia-1 monotreme, 2 marsupials, 3 placental). Ask students to draw one or more examples of the class on one side of the card. Hand out the same number blank cards as labeled cards to the students. Ask them to write the characteristics we went over on the board on one side of the card. 5.Card practice. Instruct students on rules o...

10. Australian Folktales
...f the folktale: o In what ways does the author give clues to the character of the mother kangaroo? o If the mother kangaroo had been killed, she would have put the life of her joey in danger. Was her decision to distract the hunter away from the wombat sensible? o Why does the god Byamee reward all marsupials rather than just the mother kangaroo? Are there times when one individual?s actions are used to characterize an entire group? Is this a good idea? o Is the lesson of this story to be kind to others who are old and blind or is the lesson more generic? + A folktale of compassion which deals with gener...