Elementary animal research projects

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It's that time of year again! Open House season is here and we are busily working on projects to share with our parents on our big night. One of the big projects my students will be working on is their Animal Diorama and Research Report. This was something I did for the first time last year, and it was a HIT! I got this idea after my son had to make a diorama for his first grade class last year. We had so much fun creating his animal diorama as a family project, that I decided it was…

Conduct animal research projects for kids in first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade classrooms. Your student writers will use the template, graphic organizers, outline, and example booklets to understand informative writing. They will learn to write animal paragraphs using research strategies. These ideas and teaching strategies are perfect for elementary research writing.

One of the kindergarten Common Core writing standards is to participate in shared research and writing projects (W.K.7) and to gather infor...

Sometimes as a teacher, it can be overwhelming to plan a research-based writing project. We know that gathering research, taking notes, and then organizing those notes in categories are skills that need to be explicitly taught to our students on top of the writing process, but how??? Well, I am soooo excited to show you THE RESEARCH NOTEBOOK! You are going to LOVE it! This little pocket notebook will teach your students how to gather research in an organized way! When I used the research…

Check out this fun animal research writing project and craft idea for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students. Your kids will complete a research writing activity along with an animal craft. Easily use this with as a literacy center or a writing workshop activity. Your kids will have so much fun with this, try it out in your classroom today!

Learning how to research is an important skill, and one that is practiced to some degree at all grade levels. Most kids will go through full-blown research projects at some point in the year in their classrooms. While this is important, I also feel kids need to be given multiple opportunities to investigate topics of their... Read more

The perfect graphic organizer to use for researching an animal of your choosing. Includes all the right questions to ask and find answer to for your animal.

This week our class began group research projects to accompany our animal unit in science! Each group is composed of three to four students who are working together to research one wild animal. I have groups studying monkeys, lions, elephants, and giraffes. So far they have started K,W,L charts to access prior learning: And have researched their animals different body parts, habitats, and diet. For our research we have mainly used Pebble Plus Books, (seen in the pictures) which are excellent…

Rainforest Animals Research Project Posters are a fun and simple way for your students to research animals within the rainforest habitat. These project posters are student friendly and help guide your students in what exactly to research. And they look fabulous on display!

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This free animal research project will provide you with a writing unit of study that will help you build excitement about writing informational text in your classroom.rn

Ecosystems Biomes Animal Research Projects with Ecosystems Museum Project Based learning. Take your animal research for the upper elementary grades to another level! #upperelementary #ecosystems

Lions and tigers and bears, and more! Kindergarten students will love learning about a new animal as they create an informational report using this helpful guide! #educationdotcom

Investigate how fish breathe underwater by simulating a gill using Koolaid and a coffee filter in this easy science experiment. This is a fun classroom science activity for kids learning about ocean animals, animal adaptations, water habitats, and ecosystems in 2nd grade science.

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Do your kids like sea turtles? Are you learning about the ocean and sea life in your homeschool? Then grab this free sea turtle unit study. This free unit study all about sea turtles is the perfect companion to any lesson on sea critters, the ocean, or even reptiles. This is a printable free homeschool resource for elementary students to enjoy.

Simple animal fact file templates including space for a description, picture, habitat, diet and other facts.

Teaching students how to research using animal research projects for kids in first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade classrooms. Your student writers will use the template, graphic organizers, outline, and example booklets to understand informative writing. They will learn to write animal paragraphs using research strategies. These ideas and teaching strategies are perfect for elementary research writing.