Kindergarten

Activity: Students go outside and find living and non-living items.

· The class will go outside and gather and point out a couple of different objects. Some will be living like a blade of grass, a flower, a leaf, an ant, or anything living.

· They will also gather and point out non-living things such as rocks, benches, and other parts of the playground

· During this activity the teacher will be helping the students and providing guidance about some possible misconceptions of what a living and non-living thing is.

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Assessment: Students are given pictures of living and non-living items and are asked to group them based on if they are living or not.

· The students will be given multiple images with both living and non-living things. This assessment will allow the students to show their understanding between living and non-living things. They will then glue the grouped images onto two separate papers, one for the living and one for the non-living. They will also be able to show that they understand that not every living thing must be moving.

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1^st Grade

Activity: Students will be given a copy with a plant and will label the different parts of the plant

· The students will learn the different parts of plants along with some of their responsibilities. This will also help them see how plants acquire nutrients and water.

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Assessment: Students will create a habitat with the essentials needed for an animal to survive.

· By doing this the students will show their understanding of essentials needed for plants and animals to survive. The habitat will be created as a group assignment. They will be creating a habitat that is suitable for a small bug to live in. The essentials will include air, water, light, nutrients, and shelter. The students will be able to showcase their understanding of what plants and animals require to survive.

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2^nd Grade

Activity: Butterfly life cycle students will draw the butterfly cycle from an egg to an adult.

· The students will experience the life cycle of butterflies. The teacher will bring in butterfly eggs for the students can watch progress from egg to butterfly. At each step the students will be making drawings of what they see. This will address the misconception that only aquatic animals lay eggs.

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Assessment: Students will choose an animal and create a pamphlet showing the animals life cycle along with facts about the animal.

· This assessment directly addresses the standard by having the students show life cycles other than humans. Having the students make pamphlets with facts will allow them to share their pamphlets with their peers. They will be able to teach and learn from their peers about the life cycles of organisms.

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3^rd Grade

Activity: Students will be given pictures of animals along with three different environments and will have to group the environment to the animals that can be found there.

· The type of environments that will be given will be an arctic, a dessert, and an aquatic environment. This will allow the students to see that not all animals are able to live in the same environment and correct the misconception that animals are not region specific.

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Assessment: Students will be asked to answer how do environments impact the kind of animals that can live in certain areas.

· This assessment will also be a writing exercise. The students will be explaining why certain animals are capable of living in an area that others are not. This will help them with their writing skills while also showcasing their knowledge of organisms.

4^th Grade

Activity: Students will create food chains and food webs

· The students will be creating paper links with different animals on each link. They will then link them together to show that they are all connected. The students will also be able to correct the misconception that the species at the top of food webs are predators to all the organisms below them.

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Assessment: Students will be asked to describe what will happen if a predator’s population drastically increases or what would happen if a producer died because of a drought.

• This assessment showcases the student’s knowledge of energy flow and how overpopulation can affect an ecosystem. They will be able to explain the relationships between organisms in ecosystems.

5^th Grade

Activity: Students will make observations of the cells and point of similarities and differences.

· Students will be shown both animal and plant cells and be tasked with sharing things that they see similarly between the two and then the differences. This will allow the students to examine the two and come to conclusions on their own. This will also correct the miscaption that plants and animal cells are drastically different. There are a lot of components that are similar between the two.

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Assessment: Students will create a 3D model of a plant and animal cell with labels pointing out the different parts of the cell.

· The students will be provided with the necessary materials for them to construct 3D models of both animal and plant cells. It is important that they include all of he cell organelles and the defining differences between the two types of cells.

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7^th Grade

Activity: Students will have cards of different organisms and will separate them based on whether they are producers, consumers, or decomposers. Then they will separate the Consumer cards based in herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

· The students will learn about the different roles of organisms throughout the food chain. They will also learn about the flow of energy and the 10% rule. This will clear up their misconception that energy accumulates and that organisms gain different amounts of energy based on what they eat.

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Assessments: Students will choose an ecosystem and write about the relationships and interactions present.

· Students will be writing as much as they know about ecosystems and expressing their current knowledge of organisms, ecosystems, and their relationships.

Biology:

Pre-Assessment:

1. SB4 a

• Activity: Students will use the graph to make accurate conclusions about the niche of the shiner. (See Attached Graph)

• Assessments: Students will explain why the development of cladistics lead to the reclassification of some species.

3.SB5

• Activity: Research the impact of an environmental change on the stability of an ecosystem. Write one page on your research and include references.

• Activity: Students will design a solution to reduce the impact of a human activity on the environment. Complete this activity with a partner using PowerPoint or a Website link. Project will be presented by video.

• Assessments: Students will use graphic organizers to write, construct and explain food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids to show depth of knowledge of the concept of how energy is transferred form one organisms.

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Environmental Science:

• Pre-Assessment:

• Activity: Students will develop a model using Ecosystem modeling to compare and analyze the levels of biological organization.

• Assessment: Using the R.A.C.E strategy, students will evaluate the relationship between the physical factors within an assigned ecosystem.

• Assessment: Students will answer questions on organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biospheres, biomes and organismal adaptations