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Next Generation State Standard(s):ESS3.A: Natural ResourcesLiving things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need.

K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of di�erent plants or animals (including humans) and the place they live. Preschool Standard(s):• Digital Citizenship. Children begin to understand how technology can be used appropriately or inappropriately. • Knowledge about the Earth. Children show a beginning awareness of scientific knowledge related to the earth.• Relationship in Place. Children begin to understand and interpret and place within their own environment.

ISTE Standard(s):5.c. Break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving. 5.d. Understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.

Healthy and Happy Critters

Students will be able to design a code from their Coding Critters™ to complete.

Students will be able to identify the activities they would like their Coding Critters™ to complete in their habitats.

Needs- Basic things a person, animal, or plant must have to live an acceptable life. Habitat- The natural home of an animal or plant.

Zoo Keeper- Takes care of animals diet, shelter, water, and overall health.

- Coding Critters™ for students - Coding Critters™ habitat pieces- Coding Critters™ storybook

Have Coding Critters™ ready for students.

Lesson PlanGrade:Pre-schoolKindergarten

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What activity are you coding to have your critter complete to be happy and healthy?

While the teacher is walking around, check in on students as they code activities for their critter to complete. Are students able to code a certain amount of activities for their critter to complete?

Introduce the activity by asking students what they need to have or do throughout their day to be healthy and happy.

Write their answers on the whiteboard.

Teacher: “What answers match what an animal needs to be healthy and happy?”

Discuss and then ask the following question.

Teacher: “What else does an animal need to be healthy and happy?”

Show video on Zookeeping and how they take care of animals.

Example videos:

I Want to Become A Zookeeper – Kids Dream Jobs – Can you Imagine That? created by Radical Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK58EByWxhk

Day in the Life of a Zookeeper created by Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX6ZQwPEk5o

Each Coding Critter has their own “habitat” pieces. Read the Coding Critters™ storybook to help with the discussion. Discuss together what each critter has.

Example: Ranger & Zip have a doghouse, slide, and a device to play catch.

Share how students will be taking care of their critter by coding their movements in their habitat.

Have one student set the cards down on the table and create a sequence that will have the critter move among the habitat.

Once complete, the other student will then code this sequence for their critter to complete.

Students can continue to challenge one another by creating new sequences.

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