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Whooping cranes and their human friends

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A lesson plan for grade 1 Science and Social Studies

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This Xpeditions lesson shows students how people are helping endangered whooping cranes by teaching cranes raised in captivity how to live in the wild and how to migrate. Students will view videos or photographs of whooping cranes being raised by mechanical crane-like puppets and being led in their first migration journeys by piloted ultralight aircraft disguised as birds. They will conclude by creating timelines showing the process by which whooping cranes are raised in captivity and taught migration routes.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 1

  • Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
    • Objective 1.02: Investigate the needs of a variety of different animals:
      • Air.
      • Water.
      • Food.
      • Shelter.
      • Space.
    • Objective 1.03: Observe the ways in which humans are similar to other organisms.

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 5: The learner will express geographic concepts in real life situations.
    • Objective 5.02: Investigate key features of maps.
    • Objective 5.03: Use geographic terminology and tools to create representations of the earth's physical and human features through simple maps, models, and pictures.
    • Objective 5.06: Compare and contrast geographic features of places within various communities.