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Unit 5: Sharing the planet
Unit 5: Sharing the planet
February 14th - March 25th
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:
create their building and explain why it positively impacts the environment.
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: Why is it like this? The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change: How is it changing? The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
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: Poetry, Realistic fiction, informational texts
Math: measurements of food, liquids, speed, weight
Science: Organisms, Ecosystems, and the Environment
Social Studies: Development, Impact, Changes
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