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Unit 5: Sharing the planet
Unit 5: Sharing the planet
March 22nd - April 30th
Central Idea: Humans make choices that affect other living things that will result in a positive or negative impact on the environment.
Central Idea: Humans make choices that affect other living things that will result in a positive or negative impact on the environment.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Research the ways living things respond to changing environmental conditions.
Create a building that is made of resources that positively impact the environment and the ecosystem around it.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Choice: Being more organized in the classroom and station rotation.
Voice: Acknowledging the responsibility to stick to their goal.
Ownership: Holding each other accountable reflect on their subject goals and their plans to accomplish them.
Student Action
Student Action
Choice: Participating in recycling materials in the classroom.
Voice: Acknowledging the responsibility to be involved in recycling to positively impact the environment.
Ownership: Holding each other accountable to recycle in the classroom. Problem-solving procedures and routines that need improvement.
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.
What connections can be made to a child living in another place in the world and you?
What connections can be made between development and changes in the environment?
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
What does it mean to share the planet?
What is it like in other places in the world?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
What can you do to improve our environment?
What are the positive and negative impacts of humans interacting with their environment?
How can I impact the environment?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Social studies: Development, impact, changes
Reading: Poetry, Realistic fiction, persuasive writing
Math: Data, Measurement, and Graphs
Science: Organisms, Ecosystems, and the Environment
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Summative Assessments - Student Work
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