Amazing Animals Month

Your students will study birds, ecosystems and animal homes! They will make a bird feeder, go bird watching, read amazing books and play fun games such as the bird beak relay races.

Day

1

Nature Walk

Read: Look Up!

Play: Bird Nest

STEM: (K-8) Wildlife observation walk and sketching time

Optional: Meet Meeka Microscope

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Birds and Bugs

Read: Flutter, Flutter, Fly!

Play: Walk Like an Animal

STEM: (K-8) Observe your feeder; Bug Catching

Optional: Observe insects under the microscope

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Brine Shrimp Eggs

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: S.H.R.I.M.P. Basketball

STEM: (K-8) Mix salt water for brine shrimp

Optional: Observe the eggs with microscopes

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16

Mixing Temperatures and Tinkercad

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Would You Rather - Temperature Edition

STEM: (K-3) Mixing temperatures for aquatic animals

(4-8) Optional Tinker Cad: Make a 3D animal

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2

Build a Bird Feeder and Tinkercad

Read: Soral's Bird Cafe

Play: Bird Beak Relay!

STEM: (K-3) Bird Feeder Construction Day 1

Tinker Card: (4-8) Make a 3D bird feeder

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Day

7

Engineer Egg Drop and Programming

Read: The Best Nest

Play: Chicken Egg Relay

STEM: (K-3) Observe your feeder; Engineering egg drop challenge

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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Day

12

What Animals Eat

Read: Reighlyn Sees Bonnehead Sharks

Play: Sharks and Islands

STEM: (K-3) Animal Memory Game; Make shark puppets

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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Day

17

Jello Cups, Microorganisms and Programming

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Hot and Cold Hopscotch

STEM: (K-3) Make underwater jello cups

Code: (4-8) Robotics

Optional: Observe pond water under the microscope

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Day

3

Programming and Build a Bird Feeder

Read: Muddy Animal Picnic

Play: Muddy Animal Relay

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Bird Feeder Construction Day 1

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Day

8

Programming and Engineer Egg Drop

Read: Dappy the Dear

Play: Spider Tag

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Observe your feeder; Egg drop challenge construction day

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Day

13

Programming and Shrimp Game

Read: Wake Up With Whiskers

Play: Doggie, Doggie, Where's Your Bone?

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Shrimp Game - program your sprite to move in x and y

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18

Programming, Microorganisms and Jello Cups

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Birdy, May I?

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Make underwater jello cups

Optional: Continue pond water microscope lab

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Day

4

Bird Feeders and Programming

Read: Tortoise Finds a Home

Play: Robot Tag

STEM: (K-3) Finish, fill and hang your feeder

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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Day

9

Nectar Experiment and Programming

Read: Which Home is Best?

Play: Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee, Honey Bee

STEM: (K-3) Observe your feeder; Honey Bee Nectar Experiment

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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14

Brine Shrimp and Programming

Read: Datiz and the Whale Shark

Play: Birds and Brine Shrimp

STEM: (K-3) Observe your brine shrimp

Code: (4-8) Robotics

Optional: Microscopes

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Day

19

Habitats and Programming

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Robot Says

STEM: (K-3) Color an animal habitat poster; Play Habitat Cube

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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5

Bird Seed Mosaic

Read: Sylvie the Sensitive Caterpillar

Play: Rob the Nest

STEM: (K-8) Make a bird seed or leaf mosaic

Optional: Observe seeds under the microscope

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Day

10

Egg Drop Day

Read: Amazing Animal Senses

Play: I Spy!

STEM: (K-8) Engineering egg drop challenge drop day

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Day

15

Brine Shrimp and Snack Day

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Let's Be Scientists

STEM: (K-8) Snack Day

(4-8) Brine Shrimp Observation Day

Optional: Microscopes

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Day

20

Origami and Microscopes

Read: Pollination in Flowering Plants

Play: Snake

STEM: (K-8) Make an origami tadpole and frog

Optional: Observe pollen with microscopes

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All Amazing Animals Month Materials

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