Our first graders are exploring animal adaptations for protection, camouflage, food obtainment, and locomotion. Students learn what it means for an organism to be adapted to its environment and how different adaptations can be categorized. They have been conducting experiments and research projects to learn about different types of environments. Next the students will design a new environment and create a character using our 3D printers that can survive there. We will end our unit by making stop motion animation movies with the creatures in their home. We would like to thank James V. Denova, Vice President of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Al Najjar, President and CEO of the Clay Center and Randall Reid-Smith Curator of the West Virginia Dept. of Arts, Culture and History for making this project possible. We would also like to thank Robert Wiseman, retired biology teacher for assisting with the hands on activities.
We have discovered new planets.
The first graders have discovered new planets. They selected adjectives such as hot, dry, cold or muddy to describe it. Now they are drawing pictures of what their planet looks like.
Who lives on our planets?
These students are using our new iPads to design the creatures that are adapted to live on the new planet they discovered.
Bringing our characters to life through stop motion.
The kids used the equipment we bought with the grant funds to create short stop motion movies to bring their 3D characters to life.
Our project was featured at the Ohio County Innovation Fair.