Lesson Overview

Students will compare animals’
strategies to their own ways of
keeping warm in the winter, and
create a class book highlighting the
different strategies animals use.

Target Grades: K-2

Set Up Time: 10 minutes

Class Time: 45 minutes

Lesson Resources

Objectives

1. Explain how Alaskan animals stay warm using insulation, migration, and hibernation. 

2. Draw an Alaskan animal and describe how it stays warm during winter. 

Guiding question: How do Alaskan animals stay warm in the winter?

Educational Standards

ALASKA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS: K-2.SL.CC.1-3; K-2.SL.PK.4-6

ALASKA CULTURAL STANDARDS: B4

NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 2-LS4-1

ENERGY LITERACY CONCEPTS: 3.5