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Contributed by: Kentucky Department of Education
(KDE)
TASK: S/SS1- People Interacting with the Environment
Student Name:
School Name:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Write your name and school name on the lines above. Do not open
this test until the directions tell you to do so.
The purpose of this task is to explore the characteristics of different
environments and the ways people and animals live in those environments.
You will have a total of 45 minutes to complete this task. You may
use up to 30 minutes to complete the group portion of the task,
on the front and back pages of this form. When you finish the group
activity, someone from your group should tell the person in charge.
Then you may complete the rest of the test by yourself.
Your group should have the following materials:
- three data sheets
- three pictures and three labels
- set of animal pictures
- pencils
GROUP ACTIVITY
Your group is going to explore three different types of environments
- arctic, temperate, and tropical. Then you are going to explore
how the environment affects the way people live.
Begin by matching the large pictures with the correct label: Arctic
Environment, Temperate Environment, Tropical Environment
- Discuss the characteristics of each environment.
- Study the picture of the animal on each small card. Turn the
card over and read the information about that animal. Then match
the animal with the environment in which your group thinks it
lives.
Please continue the group work on page 2.
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
| There are two questions on this response form. Read both
questions before you begin you begin to write. |
The pictures on the next page show two different environments.
- What do people in the tropical environment (the first picture)
need to live comfortably? What would their lives be like?
- What do people living in the arctic environment (the second
picture) need to live comfortably? How would their lives be different
from the lives of the people living in the tropical environment?
Next, discuss the following questions to discover how your life
would be affected if you lived in an arctic, temperature, or tropical
environment:
- What would the weather be like?
- What kinds of foods would you eat?
- What would the buildings be like?
- What kinds of clothes would you wear? What would they be
made of?
- What would you do to have fun?
- How would the wild animals in the area affect you?
Write your group's answers to these questions on the Data
Sheets on your table.
When everyone in your group has finished filling out the Data
Sheets, someone should tell the person in charge that your group
has finished its work. Then open this form and follow the directions
inside by yourself, without talking.
TASK: S/SS1 - People Interacting with the Environment
Data Sheet - Temperate Environment
- What would the weather be like?
- What kinds of food would you eat?
- What would the buildings be like?
- What kind of clothes would you wear? What would they be made
of?
- What would you do to have fun?
- How would the wild animals in the area affect you?
TASK: S/SS1 - People Interacting with the Environment
Data Sheet - Arctic Environment
- What would the weather be like?
- What kinds of food would you eat?
- What would the buildings be like?
- What kind of clothes would you wear? What would they be made
of?
- What would you do to have fun?
- How would the wild animals in the area affect you?
TASK: S/SS1 - People Interacting with the Environment
Data Sheet - Tropical Environment
- What would the weather be like?
- What kinds of food would you eat?
- What would the buildings be like?
- What kind of clothes would you wear? What would they be made
of?
- What would you do to have fun?
- How would the wild animals in the area affect you?
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