Discovering Plants and Animals Volume Two: Europe and U.S.A.

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Your elementary and middle school students can have fun learning about some of the many animals and plants that live in more than 50 countries and territories around the world plus regions of the United States with Discovering Plants and Animals of the World, Volume Two. It’s perfect for students in 3rd-6th grade, but it can easily be adapted for younger or older students.

Help kids explore some of the many habitats of Europe, the United States, and the territories of the United States and discover just some of the amazing creatures and colorful plants that live there with this fun unit study.

This can be used alongside Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Year Two and is discounted as an add-on.

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Discovering Plants and Animals Volume Two: Europe and U.S.A.

Sample Textbook | Sample Student Pages

Learning about Plants and Animals

Animals are fascinating to study. There seems to be no end to the unique creatures that live in every corner of the world. From mouflons and chamois to hoopoes and European wild cats, help your students discover hundreds of animals that live throughout Europe, the United States, and the territories of the United States as well as some of the many kinds of plants grown and crops raised there.

Discovering Plants and Animals, Year Two 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 covers all 48 independent countries of Europe, all 50 of the United States, and the territories of the United States broken down into 38 lessons so students can focus on just a few countries or states at a time.

Discovering Plants and Animals, Year Two can be used as a stand-alone science unit study, however it was created to accompany Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Year Two and follows along with the lessons in that full-year curriculum.

Study Native Plants

Europe and the United States are home to many fascinating species of plants and animals. Discover breathtaking plants, trees, and flowers such as:

  • Spanish bluebells
  • lantana flowers
  • bougainvilleas
  • rock jasmine
  • Hungarians oaks
  • carobs
  • goat willows
  • Maltese cliff-orache

Learn about Habitats

Explore various habitats of Europe and the United States in Discovering Plants and Animals:

  • Chaparral
  • Coral Reef
  • Desert
  • Grassland
  • Rain Forest
  • Mountains
  • Taiga
  • Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • Tropical Dry Forest
  • Mangrove Swamp

Discover Animals of Europe and U.S.A.

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. Plus kids can learn about where some of their favorite dog and horse breeds come from! 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:

    • muskox
    • grizzly bear
    • gray seal
    • harbour porpoise
    • blue whale
    • Andalusian hound
    • roe deer
  • Bernard
  • Portuguese water dog
  • Iberian lynx
  • Tawny owl
  • Mediterranean monk seal
  • reindeer

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.

Discovering Plants and Animals of the World, Volume Two Pages

  • 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 Europe and the United States, check out Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Volume Two, 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 96 pages and can be viewed on the computer rather than printed. The Student Book & Answer Key is 200 pages.

2 reviews for Discovering Plants and Animals Volume Two: Europe and U.S.A.

  1. Katherine Tanyu

    Volume 2 is the Europe and U.S.A. version of this series. This is a wonderful resource to learn more about the specific animals and fauna of each region. It is fun and certainly interesting to know that there are certain species that grow/live in certain places only. This series does an excellent job of laying it out. Discovering Plants & Animals of the World 2 is best suited for grades 3 and up.

  2. Melanie Zorr

    My 5th grader started this last week. We are taking it slow and really working to absorb all of the information. I have been looking for something like this for a while. I was looking for something that gave both a thorough understanding of WHERE things were, as well as WHAT makes up area such as the rivers, farmland, etc. I also wanted something that provided a more rounded view of the whole picture. I really like this notebooking bundle. By including the Discovering Plants and Animals notebook, my son and I are better able to see what animals and plants go where, which then helps as we read about them or hear about them in other parts of our curriculum. The World Geography and History can be used as a stand alone history or as a supplement to any other history curriculum. We are using this as a supplement to our history. We are currently on Lesson 3 of the World Geography and History and on Lesson 1 of the Discovering Plants and Animals. He is studying the country Portugal. In the downloads file there is a ‘text’ book or informational book and a student notebook. Each lesson corresponds to a portion in the student notebook. The Geography offers chances for finding both physical characteristics such as rivers and mountains as well political characteristics such as the country’s location in the world. I am so excited to continue this with him over the next year as well as starting it again with my younger students as they get to this point. I really like this notebooking bundle.

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If you wish to add in a study of the world to your curriculum, check out Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Volume Two, 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, Volume Two is the second volume in a three-year curriculum. It is a full-year world geography and history curriculum that explores 48 independent countries of Europe, all 50 of the United States, plus the territories of the United States.

Sample Textbook | Sample Student Pages | Scope & Sequence

Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Volume Two is written to the student in a tone that is easy to read and comprehend.

You’ll find Europe and U.S.A. 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 Europe and U.S.A.
  • History of Europe and U.S.A.
  • Regions and Key Locations
  • World Landmarks
  • Kingdoms, Empires, Dynasties
  • People from the Past
  • And More!

There are 180 total lessons. Daily Skill Building: World Geography & History, Volume Two 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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