SEEd - Kindergarten
Lesson Plans

Strand K.2: LIVING THINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS

Living things (plants and animals, including humans) depend on their surroundings to get what they need, including food, water, shelter, and a favorable temperature. The characteristics of surroundings influence where living things are naturally found. Plants and animals affect and respond to their surroundings.

Standard K.2.3

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how living things (plants and animals, including humans) affect their surroundings to survive. Examples could include squirrels digging in the ground to hide their food, plant roots breaking concrete, or humans building shelters. (ESS2.E)

• Bees and Pollination
  This is a Pre-K to K lesson about bees and how they help our food grow by pollinating plants. The lesson includes Keynote slides identifying bees from other insects, repetition of the word pollination, a video of the author with backyard bees, and a worksheet assessment.Students will learn how to spot a bee vs other flying insects, what pollination means, what a beehive looks like, and will see bees pollinating flowers and carrying pollen to their hive.
• Biological Weathering - K-ESS2-2
  Science Phenomena: KINDERGARTEN - Life and the Environment
• Hawaiian Petrels Change Their Hawaiian Environment
  lesson on how plants in Hawaii change their environment (Going 3D with GRC)
• Std UT.SEEd.K.2.3 Animals Affect Their Environments Lesson Plan|Resources
  Phenomenon-based, 5E lessons that align to the SEEd standards. Lesson folders include lesson plans, a slideshow, and supporting materials for teaching the lesson to your students.
• Woodpecker Homes - K-ESS2-2
  Science Phenomena: KINDERGARTEN - Life and the Environment

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