Subject Matter: Life Sciences: The Teeth of Animals
Grade Level: Elementary (1st)
Lesson Objective: Learners will understand how the shape of an animals teeth, helps to identify what they eat.
Subject Matter Content Standard:
2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:
d. Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
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Student Research Questions:
1. How are the different types of teeth important to an animals diet?
Subsidiary Questions (5-10):
- What are Carnivores?
- What are Herbivores?
- What are Omnivores?
- What are fangs and what are they used for?
- What are tusk and how are they used?
- What are incisors and what are they used for?
- How many teeth do most mammals have?
- How are an animals flat teeth used??
- What are Canines?
Assessment:
The Internet allows students to explore the subject matter while also viewing pictures, videos and any other resources found online. Students will be assessed through the answering of questions, with the instructor evaluating the answers. By knowing the various types of teeth and how each animal uses them, it would show how much information students have taken in.
