Animal Science Report and Project Guidelines
Science Animal Due Dates
ROUGH DRAFTS: Mar 16 Paragraph 1 Mar 23 Paragraph 2 Mar 30 Paragraph 3 Apr 6 Paragraph 4 Apr 22 Final Draft, Project, and Oral Pres |
A report is a written outcome of some kind of investigation. We will be doing research on elephants as a class to model this investigative process. Each student will then do his/her own investigation on an animal to write a report, create a project, and give an oral presentation to share with the class.
Written report: Each week we will learn about elephants and together, write an informative paragraph on certain pieces of information in an organized fashion. Go over the model paragraph together to better help guide your child through the independent writing process for his/her animal. The following outline will help guide the expectation for the report. Keep in mind, we’ll be doing a paragraph each week to help model a realistic pace for writing. Those who show up empty handed for each assignment will be telling me that they don’t need to go on field trips, as well as miss recesses until it is completed. The first four paragraphs are rough drafts. I will make corrections or suggestions for students to revise for final. #1. Name of animal. Type of animal (mammal, bird, reptile…) Full, detailed description of animal (what it looks like, size, weighs, any interesting special features), in what habitat it lives (savannah, forest, desert). Due: Wed, Mar 16 #2. What does your animal eat? Explain thoroughly. Is it a predator or prey? Tell me what does it hunt or what hunts it? Describe how this happens. Due: Wed Mar 23 #3. Tell how your animal has babies. What’s the gestation period (how long until it has its babies or if it’s an egg layer, how long does it take until they hatch?) How does it care for its babies? How long do the babies stay with mother or family? Due: Wed Mar 30 #4. Closing paragraph: This is a summation paragraph. In it you could have any details that weren’t included in paragraph 1-3 that you found interesting. You can also share why you chose this animal to investigate. Due:Wed Apr 6 Final Report: On clean lined binder paper, students will turn in a revised submission of all four paragraphs on one sheet (both sides most likely to fit in information). Submissions on computer are accepted. Please mail as an attachment to [email protected] Due: Fri Apr 22 AFTER BREAK Project: Any project that shows knowledge of animal (as long your child has not already done for other genre assignments). Oral presentation: Knowledge of the animal including the key ideas in the paragraphs. Cue cards can be used to remind student of info to include in presentation but NOT for the purpose of reading FROM! |