This week the students have been busy at work brainstorming a list of animals that live in their neighborhood. In small groups they categorize the animals according to how they move (fly, swim, walk, hop, and so on).
After sorting their data on how the animals moved the students had to represent their data using a chart, venn diagram, list, pictures, words, or any other way they felt would be good to represent their data. It was great to see the teamwork.
Did you know that ladybugs and cardinals walk and fly?
Tomorrow we will work in groups again to show something different about our neighborhood animals like what kinds of sounds do they make? or which animals are tame? which are wild?
There are many other questions we could ask about these animals. We will generate a list and the students will need to think about new categories based on the new question they are investigating. After they have developed their categories and have sorted the data, each group will make a presentation graph that shows their question, their categories, and how they sorted the animals.
At the end of the lesson each group will have an opportunity to share their representation.
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