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Unit 5: How we organize ourselves
Unit 5: How we organize ourselves
March 22nd - April 30th
Central Idea: The positive and negative impacts on the environment as a result of human actions.
Central Idea: The positive and negative impacts on the environment as a result of human actions.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Find evidence of a habitat that has been affected by human actions and present their findings to the class. This presentation can take the form of a diorama, poster, or PowerPoint.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students will be researching the needs of living and nonliving organisms. Students will also discuss how environments have changed over the years and what they can do to change the environment.
Choice: Students will choose their own environment and their own materials to reuse and recycle to create a diorama.
Ownership: Students will make commitments to better the environment as well as take action to reduce waste in the classroom.
Student Action
Student Action
Students will take what they learn and decide what action can we make to improve their habitat.
Students will make a commitment about their actions.
Question: How can we reduce classroom waste and double our contribution to recycling as a class?
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
If a specific animal is removed from the food change what happens?
Can animals survive in a different habitat?
How has our environment changed through the years?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
What is the difference between living and nonliving?
What do animals need to survive?
What do we need to survive?
Why can certain organisms only live in certain habitats?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
How can pollution affect our different environments?
How will my actions affect the habitat?
How can we reduce classroom waste and double our contribution to recycling as a class?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Math- Geometry and time and measurement “spacial awareness”
Reading- non-fiction texts, research chosen topics, Text features.
Science- Organisms and environments
Social Studies- How to be a good citizen and take care of our community.
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Summative Assessments - Student Work
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