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Children will study the accomplishments and findings of scientist Jane Goodall.
Vocabulary: trust
Social Studies Focus: Women’s History Month
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Paired Text: Little People, Big Dreams: Jane Goodall by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Paired Text: Little People, Big Dreams: Jane Goodall by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
- Pair this text with the issue to expand children’s knowledge about the life of Jane Goodall.
Cooking: Make a Chimp Salad!
Cooking: Make a Chimp Salad!
- At snack time, invite kids to eat chimp food! Chimps have a lot of fruit in their diet: They eat bananas, mangoes, figs, watermelon, and apples!
- Get as many of these fruits as you can, slice them up, and mix to make a chimp fruit salad!
Scavenger Hunt: Pages 2-3
Scavenger Hunt: Pages 2-3
- Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.
1. Find the heading. Underline it.
2. Find the picture where David Greybeard is taking a banana from Jane.. Underline it.
3. In the pink box, find a tool that helped Jane see the chimps from far away. (binoculars) Put a ✔ on it.
4. Look at the sidebar. How do you think David Greybeard got his name? Circle them.
Hands-on Activity: Observe an Animal
Hands-on Activity: Observe an Animal
Skill: observation and recording
Materials: Observe an Animal skill sheet, computer, pencils, crayons
- Observe animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo—virtually! Pass out the skill sheets. Then visit https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams and choose an animal to observe for a few minutes.
- Have kids write and draw to complete the skill sheet with their observations. They can write the name of the animal, describe what it was doing, and draw a picture.
- You can have different groups of children observe different animals, or have kids do the activity a few times, choosing a different animal each time!