Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom is geared toward 2nd through 4th grades. It will be taught on Thursdays from 10AM to 12PM.

This page is still under construction.

Animal Kingdom Syllabus:

Lesson 1: 
Science - Classification of Animals 
Art - Drawing Animal Shapes, Learning Texture and Value Scale

Lesson 2: 
Science - Insects & Live Honeybee Lab Art - Pen & Ink Drawings on Watercolor
Art - Design & Create Your 3-D Bug Model

Lesson 3: 

Science – Aquatic Insects Field Trip to Ballaine Lake

Art – Sketching aquatic insects

Lesson 4:

Science - Arachnids

Art – Pastel chalk

Lesson 5:
Science - Animal Habitat
Art - Draw Animals of Choice in Natural Habitat

Lesson 6: 

Science - All about Fish
Art - Color Pencil of Salmon

Lesson 7: 
Science - Field Trip with Alaska Fish and Game - Salmon Egg Drop

Lesson 8: 
Science and Art: Complete Color Pencil of Salmon

Lesson 9: 
Science - Carnivore Characteristics & the Food Chain
Art - Draw a Real Bear and/or Wolf Skull

Lesson 10: 
Science - Field Trip to Alaska Fish & Game Office
Art - Sketching

Lesson 11: 
Science - Marsupials Characteristics and Migration
Art - Using Oil Pastels, Create a Picture of a Koala Bear, Kangaroo or Opossum

Lesson 12: 
Science - Primates/All about Monkeys, Apes, Gorillas, Orangutans, Chimps, Baboons and Mandrills
Art - Tempera Batik of a Primate in Jungle Habitat

Lesson 13: 
Science - Primates Continued
Art - Complete Jungle Batik & Color Theory/Watercolor - mixing 3 primary colors

Lesson 14:

Complete Primates

Lesson 15:

Science - Rodents: Dissect Owl Pellets to Find Rodent Bones
Art - Rodent Skeletons on Black Paper

Lesson 16:

Rodents Continued

Lesson 17:

Science - Alligators and Crocodiles 
Art -Varnish Clay Sculpture & complete any unfinished art projects

Lesson 18:

Alligators & Crocodiles continued

Lesson 19:
Science - Amphibians
Art - Student Choice

Lesson 20:
Amphibians Continued

Lesson 21:

Science - Dinosaurs 
Art - Begin Dinosaur Paper Mache 

Lesson 22:
Science - Dinosaurs Continued
Art - Sculpt Dinosaur out of Paper Mache Pulp

Lesson 23:

Science - Fossil Record
Art - Paint Paper Mache Dinosaur

Lesson 24:

Science - Artiodactyl Experiment: “Why Does a Giraffe Need High Blood Pressure?”
Art - Printmaking 

Lesson 25:
Science & Art - Printmaking Continued

Lesson 26: 
Science - Dogs & Dog Mushing
Art- Build a miniature dog sled

Lesson 27:
Science - Cats & Lynx
Art - Acrylic on Canvas

Lesson 28:
Science - Animal Tracking
Art - Ink Stamping

Lesson 29:

Science - All about Birds and Flight 
Art - Draw Birds with Creamer's Field Biologist, Mark Ross!

Lesson 30:
Science - Gastropods and Worms/Composting with Red Wigglers
Art - Color Marker Design/Layers of the Earth with Animal Habitat