- 5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Some notes:
This unit is going to be different from my other units. Students will be introduced to various environmental problems and then links to some solutions. Students will fill out a graphic organizer as a way of fulfilling the standard. This unit could be huge and go into many different issues. I picked just a few, mostly related to threats to ecosystems, since we have a unit on that right before. At the end, the student will pick a topic they found most interesting and make a short presentation of their choice about it.
The links are to Google Doc version of the materials, allowing you to make a copy and modify them. I can also easily update and make comments on the Google versions. If you would like all materials in one document, you can find it in the document below, although formatting is not 100% and you can't see comments.
Earth and Human Activity Slides (can be saved as ppt)
Day One
- Intro and Resources slides 1-7
- Invasive Species slides 8-11
- Read about invasive species
- Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems by Mary Batten
- Problem section of graphic organizer
- Conservationist for Kids Magazine Article Link on slide 12
- Take notes on the problem and some solutions
Day Four
- Habitat loss slide 13-14
- Endangered species video slide 15
- Read habitat loss links on slide 16
- Problem section of graphic organizer
Day Five
- Read books about endangered species/habitat destruction
- Wonderous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Pages 112-113 and 116-117
- Work on graphic organizer
Day Six
- Read habitat loss solution articles slide 17
- Solutions section of graphic organizer
Day Seven
- Pollution slides 18-19
- Water Pollution Video Slide 20
- Read Pollution Articles Slide 21
- Problem part of graphic organizer (can split into different types of pollution if desired)
Day Eight
- Read about pollution
- What a Waste: Trash, Recycling and Protecting Our Planet by Jess French
- The Plastic Problem: 60 Small Ways to Reduce Waste and Help Save the Earth by Aubre Andrus
- Both sections of graphic organizer
Day Eight
- Pollution Solutions slide 22
- Solutions section of graphic organizer
Day Nine
- Watch Bill Nye Pollution Solution
- Solutions section of graphic organizer
Day Ten
- Climate Change slides 23-25
- Climate change links slide 26
- Problem section of graphic organizer
Days Eleven-Twelve
- Read books about climate change (we may take more than one day)
- Understanding Global Warming with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Agnieszka Biskup
- Wonderous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Pages 114-117
- What Is Climate Change? By Gail Herman
- Basher Science: Climate Change by Simon Basher
- Problems and Solutions section of graphic organizer
Day Thirteen
- Climate change solutions links slide 26
- Solutions section of graphic organizer
Day Fourteen
- Read You Can Save the Planet by Alessandra Potenza
- Read 101 Small Ways to Change the World by Aubre Andrus
Days Fifteen-Seventeen
- Work on presentation
Day Eighteen
- Present on given topic
Bonus During this Unit:
Resources for this unit:
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