Lesson Structure

When students go through this lesson in each section, the objectives they will learn are:

• Warm-up – Discover the interconnectedness of animal senses and body parts and how these structures help them survive.
• Imagine – Investigate how animals in particular habitats have structures and behaviors which help them grow, reproduce, and survive.
• Create – Recreate an expanding fin reptiles use for cooling-off with the micro:bit’s temperature sensor.
• Build – Build an American desert hare that widens its ears when it senses shade to cool off using the micro:bit’s light sensor.
• Reflect – Share your learning through written reflection on animal senses and adaptations.
• Challenges – Extend your robotic hare design and further your learning through creative open-ended challenges.

After this lesson students will be able to:

• Describe how specialized animal senses help animals survive.
• Analyze animal structures, internal and external, that help them grow, reproduce, behave, and survive in a habitat.
• Construct a desert hare with specialized ears that help them cool down in the desert heat.
• Compare how different animals have unique features for adapting to hot and dry climates.
• Explain why some organisms thrive and why other organisms cannot survive in an arid desert biome.