Making Connections Across the Curriculum: Classroom, Library Media Center and Art Class

 Through the study of world biomes (rain forests, tundra, temperate forests, and deserts) OMS third graders learned which animals live in these biomes and how those animals use adaptations to survive.  Students had a chance to learn about the biomes both in the classroom and through a research project in the library media center.  Using their research facts, students became biome animal experts and designed new morphed animals that could survive in their biomes.  To create the morphed animals, third graders combined body parts from two different animals, like the head of a wolf and the body of a squirrel.  They took their ideas to art class with Mr. Demarco to draw realistic pictures of their animals to which they added textures and detailed biome backgrounds.  The final step in the project will be to link a video explaining the animal’s adaptations to their completed artwork.