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Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Learn how the Inuit build igloos from snow and the steps involved.
Reading Level:
Lexile: 480L; GRL: K
Next Generation Science Standards:
K-2 ETS1: Engineering Design
2-PS1: Structure and Properties of Matter
Vocabulary:
igloo, Inuit, elders, insulation
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. What is an igloo? (a house made of snow)
2. Where do the Inuit people live and what is it like there? (Near the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. It is freezing cold there.)
3. What do you call it when the walls of an igloo trap heat inside? (insulation)
4. What would you do inside an igloo? (Answers will vary.)
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: kids’ own jackets; pencils, copies of the skill sheet
Overview: Kids put on their own jackets and observe how insulation keeps them warm..
Directions: