Camels – Extended Cross-Curricular Lesson

TEKS & Objectives

ELAR 7.5.I. monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

7.5 Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

7.5.G evaluate details read to determine key ideas;

SCI 7.11 Organisms and environments. The student knows that populations and species demonstrate variation and inherit many of their unique traits through gradual processes over many generations. The student is expected to:

7.11.B explain variation within a population or species by comparing external features, behaviors, or physiology of organisms that enhance their survival such as migration, hibernation, or storage of food in a bulb;

We will read for information.

I will identify key structures of camel anatomy.

1. Topic introduction: Read Book.

2. Complete reading comprehension quiz.

3. Learn the real science of the camel’s hump.

4. Complete camel diagram.

Camel diagram

Draw or color a camel.

6. Why don’t camels sink into the sand?

7. Do an experiment!

7. Bonus Activitiy: Wordsearch & Folding Surprise Art

word search

folding art in color

folding art in b&w

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