Science4.L.1.3 Explain how humans can adapt their behavior to live in changing habitats (e.g., recycling wastes, establishing rain gardens, planting trees and shrubs to prevent flooding and erosion).
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Social Studies3.C & G.2 Understand how citizens participate in their communities.
3.C&G.2.2 Exemplify how citizens contribute to the well-being of the community’s natural environment. 3.G.1.3 Exemplify how people adapt to, change and protect the environment to meet their needs. 4.G.1.3 Exemplify the interactions of various peoples, places and cultures in terms of adaptation and modification of the environment. 5.C&G.2.4 Explain why civic participation is important in the United States. 5.G.1.2 Explain the positive and negative effects of human activity on the physical environment of the United States, past and present. |
GeneralizationsStudents will understand that:
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As a whole class, read Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share. Use Chalk Talk activity to brainstorm the following questions (guiding questions from the next lessons):
The Yarn Web of Interdependence This activity creates a tangible example of interconnectedness in the world.
Compass Points Activity:
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Writing requirements can be modified to fit each student. Students may choose to record their ideas in bullet points, full sentences, or with drawings and symbols. Students could also share their idea verbally if needed. Additionally, students who are not able to verbally share ideas can record them on paper and turn them in. Students can help each other in group activities if applicable.
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Watch What really happens to the plastic you throw away (Ted Ed). Keep these questions in mind while watching and be prepared to discuss after:
As an extension to the Chalk Talk within this lesson, post these questions around the room that can be left up throughout the unit. Ask students to add to each of these Chalk Talk questions after each lesson. This can be used as a formative assessment and a knowledge-base resource to be used for their unit assessment project. |
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