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Unit 4: Sharing the planet
Unit 4: Sharing the planet
February 1st - March 12th
Central Idea: With limited resources in mind, students will learn their responsibility in our efforts to share the planet.
Central Idea: With limited resources in mind, students will learn their responsibility in our efforts to share the planet.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Grow a lentil plant and record their observations and the process in their Science journals.
Make a poster about how they can help the environment or improve our planet,
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students will fill out their ideas and questions into an observation packet called the “Gardener’s List”. Students will be discussing the growth of their plants and observing with the 5 senses.
Choice: Students will choose their own type of materials to use as a pot (e.g. a water bottle, a sock, etc.)
Ownership: Students within the groups will be responsible to water their plants as well as making sure their plants get enough sunlight. In the end, they will present their fully grown plant. Students will brainstorm why some plants grow faster than others.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will be responsible, working together in a group and being open to classmates’ ideas.
Act: Students will make a poster of what they have learned and how they share their knowledge to share the planet.
Reflect: Students will be aware of the responsibility we have with our environment, and about the importance of reusing, recycling, and reducing.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
What do all patterns have in common?
How do plants change as they grow?
In what ways does the built environment result from the natural environment?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
How are 3+4 and 4+3 connected?
What link is there between time of day and the size of shadow?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
What is our responsibility to the planet?
What makes your answer reasonable?
Why does the measurement need to be accurate?
What things should we do to care for our classroom plants?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Interaction with the environment
How we can use different materials to create something new, like life.
Students will explore the process of creating life, recycling materials, and being responsible citizens within our community and environment
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Mrs. Arribas' class (1C)
Mrs. Arribas' class (1C)
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