Does My Dog See What I see?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students build bee eyes from straws and, by conducting an experiment, find out what they would see if they were an insect or a dog. In a movement game, they test why a person needs a pair of eyes.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

You will need

200 drinking straws, scissors, and adhesive tape.

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Authors

Author: Monika Zazula
Methodology: Anna Małkowska, Marta Przywara
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo Chameleon’s Eye made by Umberto Salvagnin published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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