St. Patrick's Day STEAM Activity: Animal Adaptations, Food Chains, & Classify

Your students are observing leprechauns in their natural habitat and reporting on their findings. But these are not your typical leprechauns. Students must imagine and design what this newly discovered species looks like and report on their adaptations, food chain, and classification.

This STEAM project is an art project that incorporates science standards. It is intended for S.T.E.A.M., S.T.E.M., art, or math & science classrooms. It follows the design process which closely mimics the engineering design process and includes a list of requirements to incorporate real world design experience.

Includes:

· Teacher guide

· Projectable (or printable) scenario page

· Student guide pages

· Information sheet on the science or math needed for the assignment

· Design process poster

· Discussion questions

· Reflection rubric

· Design critique form

Materials Needed:

• drawing supplies

Standards:

· NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1

SC.4.L.17.2 Explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and that when animals eat plants or other animals, the energy stored in the food source is passed to them.

SC.3.L.15.1 Classify animals into

major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

SC.5.L.17.1 Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors, and physical characteristics.

Important Notes:

· This project requires materials.

· This file is not editable.

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