FOR HOMESCHOOLERS AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CANINE COMPANIONS

DOGS Unit Study


Consider using a 3-ring notebook with dividers to make a “Dog Scrapbook” for this unit study.

Label dividers: “Dog Breeds”, “My Dog Art”, “Dog Stories”, “Dogs Around the World”, “The Science of Dogs”, and “How I Helped a Dog”.

Use the unit study ideas below to begin filling in your Scrapbook. But after you’ve finished here, keep your notebook for collecting photos, art, stickers, and any information you learn about dogs.

Happy Learning!

 

MATH

ART

Math

  1. •Counting Activity


After reading First Dog, by Jan Brett (see “History/Geography” above), try this counting activity:

http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/count.htm


  1. •Make a bar graph


After plotting dog breed origins on a world map (see “History/Geography” above), make a bar graph of the number of breeds from each continent. Discuss which continent has the most, least, and why.


•Calculate dog years


Try this dog years calculator at:

http://www.coolmath.com/calculators/dogyears.htm


  1. •Give the dog a bone number game


http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/DogBone/gamebone.html

 

•Use math to solve problems.


See:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/math1.htm#