Grade(s):
5th Grade
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Summer School
Title:
Improving the health of ecosystems
Timing:
4 weeks
Driving Question:
How can we present information to others about assessing and improving the health of an ecosystem?
Project Description:
Students will evaluate the health of an assigned ecosystem with a group of their peers. Students then propose a plan to either sustain or improve the health of the ecosystem with a public service announcement using Thinglink.
Final Product(s):
The team will present a public service announcement for their ecosystem. They will make either a brochure, commercial or thinglink.
Essential Standards:
5.LS.2 - ECOSYSTEMS, INTERACTIONS, ENERGY AND DYNAMICS
5R3- DEVELOP AND APPLY SKILLS AND STRATEGIES TO COMPREHEND, ANALYZE, EVALUATE NONFICTION FROM A VARIETY OF CULTURES AND TIMES
5W3A - APPLY THE RESEARCH PROCESS
5.SL.4- SPEAK CLEARLY, AUDIBLY, AND TO THE POINT, USING CONVENTIONS OF LANGUAGE WHEN PRESENTING INDIVIDUALLY OR WITH A GROUP
Potential Community Outreach:
Speaker from Missouri Conservation Department will visit the schools and speak to the children
Teacher Reflection:
When doing this project I would put them in pairs instead of a group of 4.
Supporting Documents (optional):
THINK, SEE, WONDER NOTE PAGE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZI0ZwWlsADeXjUdusVFJFN3pHYTUb-JRdxefDXBOUH0/edit?usp=sharing
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