Students conclude that the type of environment in which an animal lives often reflects the sense it most often uses to communicate. They analyze illustrations of various animals and determine what the animals might be communicating. Living things are interdependent. Students play a game signifying a food chain. As students listen to the story Sun Up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons, they consider why food is necessary and identify the primary source of food for most living things.
Students sing a song about a food chain and then create an art project.
Using yarn, students demonstrate how a spider interacts with other living things. They make food webs from egg cartons to show ways living things depend on each other and then trace a food web to their own lives. They listen to an American Indian legend that emphasizes the importance of all jobs. Students compile a class poem, story, or booklet and make puppets to help them dramatize the roles of various living things. Students practice field trip investigations on the school grounds.