Interdisciplinary unit study

Science-Study the skeletal, muscular, and cardiovascular systems of the dog. Why does your dog need exercise? nutrition-Why does your dog need to eat particular food?

Math-Measure and weigh your (or a friend's) dog. compute how much your dog eats in a day, a week, a month, and a year. Compute the daily, weekly, monthly, and annual cost of dog food. Calculate how long it takes your dog to fetch a stick thrown various distances. Compare your dog's speed to that of other dogs.

Project/ community service Raise a seeing eye puppy  for a blind  or hearing impaired person. Adop a pet from an animal shelter. Become a foster parent to a dog or puppy who needs special care. Raise money to buy a guide dog for a disabled person*(also requires math skills). Volunteer in an animal shelter.

Physical Education Take your dog for a daily run.

Social studies- Study the history of pet ownership. How do dogs help people? -bomb sniffing dogs -guard dogs -guide dogs for the visually impaired -guide dogs for the hearing impairedand disabled Cultural Studies- Do people have dogs as pets in every culture?

Literature- Old Yeller by Fred Gipson The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Art- Try drawing a dog from real life Try drawing a dog from a picture Try different mediums such as water colors, pastels, and collages. Go to an art museum and look for paintings with dogs as subjects.

Writing- Write a true sad or funny story about your pet. Write an essay about one of the social studies questions. Write what you liked or did not like about one of the books that you read.

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