GRADE 1 Unit 3: ONE WITH NATURE

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: 

HOW DO ANIMALS SURVIVE? WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE?

ANCHOR PHENOMENON: 

18 LESSONS | PROJECT DESCRIPTION below ⬇️

Lesson 1


What nature might we see around our school?



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Lesson 2


Where do animals live?




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Lesson 3


How do animals use their external parts to eat?



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Lesson 4


What do animals’ parts do?




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Lesson 5


What do animals’ parts do?



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Lesson 6


What happens when animals encounter trash?


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Lesson 7


Why do animals make sounds?



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Lesson 8


How do we make sounds?



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Lesson 9


What behaviors do parents and offspring do to help offspring survive?



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Lesson 10


How are parents similar and different from their offspring?




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Lesson 11


How can we use nature as inspiration to help us solve our problems?



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Lesson 12


What problems do animals have?





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Lesson 13


What single-use plastic do we use in our lunches?



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Lesson 14


Is single-use plastic a problem at our school?



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Lessons 15-17


Create a PSA.


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Lesson 18


Exhibition and Assessment




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ONE WITH NATURE PROJECT DESCRIPTION

In this project, students empathize with nature and build appreciation for the plants and animals that call our planet home. They learn about animal behaviors and explore how plastic pollution affects their survival. Students become changemakers by investigating their use of single-use plastic, committing to a change, and inviting others to join their efforts in a PSA.

Click the green buttons below to access the aligned standards in the Scope and Sequence document, along with final product resources and student work samples from the project.

*Unit 3 is inspired by the CA Science Framework and by California Environmental Principle 3: Natural Systems Change in Ways that People Benefit From and Can Influence.


Written by: Lacy Szuwalski and Zoë Randall.

ONLINE Learning Resources

The Calendar and Resource Slides were adjusted for online learning for the 2020-2021 school year, however detailed lesson plans have not been created for online learning.