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Unit 5: Sharing the planet
Unit 5: Sharing the planet
March 22nd - April 30th
Central Idea: Living and non-living things interact within their complex systems in both cooperative and competitive ways.
Central Idea: Living and non-living things interact within their complex systems in both cooperative and competitive ways.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Build a model of an ecosystem and include the relationship between the living and nonliving things and explain how human actions impact surrounding ecosystems.
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 reflects on their subject goals and their plans to accomplish them.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Acknowledging the responsibility to be involved in recycling to positively impact the environment.
Act: Participating in recycling materials in the classroom in order to positively impact our local environment.
Reflect: Holding each other accountable to recycle and take care of 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.
How does human technology affect living systems?
How do other living things affect humans?
What happens to old garbage and technology?
How do animals impact their ecosystem?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
What can you do to improve our environment?
What connections can be made to a child living in another place in the world and you?
What are the positive and negative impacts of humans interacting with their environment?
What connections can be made between development and changes in the environment?
Perspective: The understanding that knowledge is moderated by perspectives; different perspectives lead to different interpretations, understandings, and findings; perspectives may be individual, group, cultural or disciplinary.
What impact do living beings other than humans have on their ecosystem?
What is it like in other places in the world?
What does it mean to share the planet?
Where do all the resources humans use come from?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Social studies: Development, impact, changes
Reading: Poetry, Realistic fiction, persuasive texts/writing, informational texts
Math: Data, Measurement, and Graphs
Science: Organisms, Ecosystems, and the Environment
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Summative Assessments - Student Work
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