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Unit 4: Sharing the planet
Unit 4: Sharing the planet
January 9 - February 24
Central Idea: The positive and negative impacts on the environment resulting from human actions.
Central Idea: The positive and negative impacts on the environment resulting from human actions.
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By the end of the Unit, my student will:
By the end of the Unit, my student will:
Evidence a habitat that has been affected by human actions. This can take the form of a diorama, poster, or powerpoint
Evidence a habitat that has been affected by human actions. This can take the form of a diorama, poster, or powerpoint
Student Action:
Student Action:
Choose: Students will take what they learn and decide what action can we make to improve their habitat.
Act: Students will make a commitment about their actions to better the quality of life on earth.
Reflect: Students will reflect on the process of creating their project and talk about what they would do the same/differently next time.
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.
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role, or way of behaving that can be investigated.
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable element affect others.
Related Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Reading: non-fiction texts, research chosen topics, Text features
Math: 2D shapes, collecting and analyzing data
Science: Animals and observing habitats
Social Studies: How to be a good citizen and take care about our community.
Art: creating an artistic/visual representation of a habitat from our studies.
Music: listening songs about habitats life.
PE: exercising and moving outside
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