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Unit 5: Sharing the planet
Unit 5: Sharing the planet
February 14th - March 21st
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:
The students will plant the lentil seeds and make predictions on how they think their plant will grow.
Question: What is the plant life cycle and why is it important?
Students will share and present their conclusions as well as their reflections. How can I help the environment by making a poster?
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.
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 plant 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. At the end, they will present their fully grown plant. Students will brainstorm why some plants grow faster than others.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Change: How is it changing? The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Connection: How is it connected to other things? The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
Responsibility: What is our responsibility? The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: TEKS: 1.1B follow, restate, and give oral instructions, 1.3B using pictures to help comprehension, 1.6D create mental images to deepen understanding, 1.6C make/correct/confirm predictions
Math: TEKS:1.1F analyze mathematical relationship
1.1G display and explain mathematical ideas , 1.7A Measurement using non standard measurement 1.7B, illustrate the length
Science: TEKS: 1.9A sort living and non-living environment 1.9B living environment is composed of relationship between organism and life cycle
Social Studies: 1.6D understanding physical and human characteristics, 1.7 understanding how families meet their basic needs
Art: Students will be able to use art to draw their observations, paying attention to specific details that they would like to record in their observations
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