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Kindergarten-2nd grade

This lesson plan was developed for a 45 minute visit to a Kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade classroom. Students move through 4 stations, each with a different theme. The themes are Omnivore, Symbiosis, Metamorphosis, and Fluorescence. Each of the station had a live animal or animals for the students to hold. For our classroom visits, we used sea urchis for the Omnivore station, Hissing cockroaches with their symbiotic mites for the Symbiosis station, caterpillars and moths for the metamorphosis station, and GloFish for the Fluorescence station. The ideas could be easily adapted for other themes and other animals.

Authors: Amelia Anderson, Alisa Brakic, Jayce Brown,
Rebecca Goeman, Mitch Johnson, Alison Kingsbury, Jennifer Liang, Morgan Prochaska

General materials:
Detailed time line and plan for the visit
Coloring book (this was used as a lab notebook as students moved through the stations)
Kindergarten assessment
1st grade assessment
2nd grade assessment
Titles for stations

Omnivore Sea Urchin station:
Ppt with cool facts about sea urchins-print out and laminate
Source for purchasing sea urchins