By: Melissa Gonzales, Dulce Soriano & Wendy De Leon

Kingdom:

Animalia Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Weight: up to 1.5 lbs Length: Body 10-12"; Tail 8
Diet:

Omnivorous: seeds, insects, mesquite beans, fruits, carrion, small birds and eggs
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Grade: 8th grade

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Organisms and environments. The student knows that interdependence occurs among living systems and the environment and that human activities can affect these systems. The student is expected to:
(A) Describe producer/consumer, (B) Investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic (C) Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations.

Length: Body 17-21"; Tail 8 Mating Season: Early spring Color: brownish, creamy white and grey. Gestation:30 days Typical

Hawks, roadrunners, coyotes, snakes, golden eagles, gray foxes

Southern Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, and south through Arizona, New Mexico and much of Mexico.

Hibernation period 6-8 months/Aug-Feb. though known to awaken on warm winter days; southern rock squirrels may not hibernate at all.

Human Activities
Urban
Development

Hunting

Industrial Growth

Pesticide

Increased Pollution

Food Supply

 Human-being

continuously have invented new ways to make life style easier. These unnatural changes have affected vegetation parameters, and generated pollution. These two facts are correlated with the decrease in abundance of several species in the ecosystem.

biotic: are all the environmental natural changes: wind, temperature, moisture, soil, etc. All living organisms.

Biotic:

Question

Procedure

Solution

Confirmation

Inquire: Students confirm a principle through an activity when the results are known in advance.

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lesson plan will be prepare to approach all learning styles abilities: visual, auditory and Kinesiology: puppet, synthetic squirrel fur, videos, pictures, and power point. lesson will be delivered to students in their primary language, and taking into account their culture. For example the squirrel fur is a synthetic material this to conserve and protect animals.

The

This lesson could be used for students with learning difficulties or special needs by incorporating pictures in the assessment cards. These cards the student need to match the picture and symbols ( words) and be able to find the correct answer.
There is a difference in the way of approaching students with learning difficulties. These students usually are visual learners. Also for ELLs (English Language Learners) students the pictures and symbols are the main tools for them to communicate while they learn the English.

Where do Rock squirrels live in?

Answer: YES

The natural Environme nt of an animal is called:

Answer: Canyons and Cliffs

Is the rock squirrel diurnal?

Answer: HABITAT

Where do Rock squirrels live in?

The synthetic fur will provide a close idea of how a real Rock squirrel fur feels like.

The puppet will entertain the youngest ones while they learn.

Extinction Adaptation Environment Migration Habitat Hibernate Raptor

Diversity Species Kingdom Ecosystem Rodent Science Inquire: require students use higher order thinking skills.

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Rock squirrel lives in El Paso, Texas and surrounded areas. That's the reason group four chose specifically this specie to get to know it better and inform the audience about how we are threatening it.