Animals of Acadia - Maine Learning Results

Acadia National Park Education District
Animals of Acadia
Grade 4

PROGRAM GOALS:

• To introduce students to the role of ANP in protecting animals and preserving their natural habitat
• To help students understand the ecology of beavers and peregrine falcons
• To explain and encourage conservation efforts

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

Students will be able to:

• Identify the four elements of habitat.
• Name two reasons why species become endangered.
• Identify three adaptations of the beaver and two adaptations of the peregrine falcon.
• Name three of the four habitat requirements for both the beaver and peregrine falcon.
• Be able to define habitat, adaptation, endangered, extinct.

ALIGNMENT WITH MAINE’S LEARNING RESULTS FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES 3-4:

Science and Technology
A. Classifying Life Forms
Students will understand that there are similarities within the diversity of all living things.

Students will be able to:

• Describe the different living things within a given habitat (A-3)
• Compare and contrast the life cycles, behavior, and structure of different organisms (A-4).

B. Ecology
Students will understand how living things depend on one another and on non-living aspects of the environment.

Students will be able to:

• Describe a food web and the relationships within a given ecosystem (B-1).
• Investigate the connection between major living and nonliving components of a local ecosystem (B-4).

D. Continuity and Change
Students will understand that there are similarities within the diversity of living things.

Students will be able to:

• Explain how adaptations, in response to change over time, may increase a species' chances of survival (D-3).

K. Scientific Reasoning
Students will learn to formulate and justify ideas and to make informed decisions.

Students will be able to:

• Give alternative explanations for observed phenomena (K-1).
• Draw conclusions about observations (K-3).
• Practice and apply simple logic, intuitive thinking, and brainstorming (K-6).