Acoustics: What’s for Lunch? Lesson Plan

Grade Level

2nd-4th Grade

Objectives

Students will be able to experience how dolphins use echolocation to find food through this activity.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Mathematics MA.C.3.2.2: The student identifies and plots positive ordered pairs (whole numbers) in a rectangular coordinate system (graph).
Science SC.G.1.2.2: The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.

National Standards:

Content Standard C (K-4) – Characteristics of organisms: Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
Content Standard C (5-8) – Diversity and adaptations of organisms: Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.