Your elementary and middle school students can have fun learning about some of the many animals and plants that live in more than 100 countries with Discovering Plants and Animals of the World, Volume One. It’s perfect for students in 3th-6th grade, but it can easily be adapted for younger or older students.
Help kids explore some of the many habitats of Africa and Asia and discover just some of the amazing creatures and colorful plants that live there with this fun unit study.
Animals are fascinating to study. There seems to be no end to the unique creatures that live in every corner of the world. From aye-ayes and caracals to pangolins and bonteboks, help your students discover hundreds of animals that live throughout Africa and Asia as well as some of the many kinds of plants grown and crops raised there.
Discovering Plants and Animals is a self-paced science unit study for grades 3-6, although it’s flexible and can be used for younger or older students. It includes 48 sections or regions of Africa and Asia so students can focus on just a few countries at a time.
Africa and Asia are home to many species of plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Discover breathtaking plants, trees, and flowers such as:
Egyptian starcluster (Pentas lanceolata)
Haut-Katanga dayflower
flame lily
kudu lily
river crinum
impala lily
black iris
baobab tree
Strophanthus
Rafflesia arnoldii
titan arum
gulmohar trees (which have beautiful orange-red flowers)
blue poppy
edelweiss
steppe lilies (desert candles)
Arfaj
Learn about Habitats
Explore various habitats of Africa and Asia in Discovering Plants and Animals:
Bamboo Forest
Chaparral
Coral Reef
Desert
Grassland
Steppe
Mangrove Swamp
Mountains
Taiga
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Temperate Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Discover Animals of Africa and Asia
Have you ever heard of a karakul? What about a Rhesus macaque? When researching the animals in this part of the world, we were amazed at the many different animals we had never heard of before. If your students love learning about animals, they will be sure to eat this up! Here’s just a few of the animals we cover:
hippopotamus
partridge
cheetah
guinea fowl
Egyptian vulture
mongoose
markhor
Rhesus macaque
flying fox
sun bear
Indian rhinoceros
snow leopard
sand partridge
nurse shark
whale shark
Nubian ibex
Bengal tiger
karakul
and many more!
Student Book
The Student Book includes comprehension questions that follow the main text for each lesson. Various optional additional activities are provided in the student book. They include notebooking pages to encourage deeper study of a particular animal or plant, habitat templates for exploring the habitats they encounter, extension activities, and a bonus presentation project.
Let’s Take a Closer Look: With this printable, your student can choose an animal or plant to do deeper research on. They can use the template to record the information they discover.
Habitat Templates: This set of 13 templates allows your student to investigate the plants and animals that live in a particular habitat and record what they find. A bonus blank template is also included for your student to research additional habitats if desired.
Extension Activities: This set of questions challenges your student to go deeper on topics briefly mentioned in the unit such as aquaculture or fish farming. A notebooking page is included to record answers.
Bonus Extension Activity: This bonus project suggests topics for a presentation related to the unit that your student can do and lists several options for the type of presentation, though the options are endless.
An answer key is also provided.
This science unit can stand alone, but if you want your kids to learn more about Africa and Asia, check out Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, which covers the same countries in the same order. A How To guide is also provided for completing both curricula together.
The main text is 60 pages and can be viewed on the computer rather than printed. The Student Book & Answer Key is 171 pages.
If you wish to add in a study of the world to your curriculum, check out Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, which covers the same countries in the same order. A How To guide is also provided for completing both curricula together.
Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History is the first unit in a three-year curriculum. It is a full-year world geography and history curriculum that explores all 54 independent countries of Africa and all 48 independent countries of Asia by region.
You’ll find Africa and Asia to be fascinating as we break it down into easy to digest nuggets of text to read each day.
Students will learn about:
People Groups and Cultures
Geography of Africa and Asia
History of Africa and Asia
Regions and Key Locations
World Landmarks
Kingdoms, Empires, Dynasties
People from the Past
And More!
There are 166 total lessons. Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History can be used as a 4-day or 5-day a week curriculum.
It includes everything you need to get started – no extra books to buy!
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