In this unit, students will learn about plants/trees and will inquire about the ways all living things need plants. Students speak from the point of view of animal and will persuade someone not to cut down their tree.
Students will analyze primary source images of Native Americans interacting with the environment. The images show different aspects of how Native Americans dressed, hunted, and lived.
Students identify items presented to them as needs and wants and create a collage of images. The lesson is located on pages 3-6 of the pdf.
After exploring ways that people use resources from our environment to provide for basic needs and wants, students will generate an inclusive list (using brainstorming and research) of many natural resources that people use to meet their needs and wants. Students will create a poster to illustrate their generated ideas. Then students will present their posters to the class or a small group. The teacher may also ask students to consider the use of one natural resource over another in a given situation. Students will consider the best natural resource (s) to use in various situations based on wants/needs, sturdiness, usefulness, sustainability, durability, accessibility, availability, cost, etc. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
In this lesson, students learn about historical uses of forest resources. Students begin by recalling products of forest origin while playing Hot Pine Cone. Next, the class explores forest resources used to create products of the past, while relating them to present-day goods. To conclude, students examine real forest products and draw a picture of one they use every day.
Students begin to identify the resources that humans need to survive and enjoy life. Humans need water, food, shelter and clothes. They also want to play and be entertained. Students will begin to investigate how the things they need and want are products that come in packaging such as paper, boxes, cans, glass, plastic; things that generate waste. This lesson was developed by Claudia Gonzalez Abi Saab as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
After reading about polar bears and other arctic animals, students will use Keva planks to build a den that the polar bear can stand up in.
In this lesson, students learn what it means to value something. The class is also introduced to specific reasons we value forests by searching Tree Spy collages and looking at the number of products that originate in forests. The lesson concludes with the class singing a song about forest values.
This lesson will focus on how to sculpt a functional object in clay. By sculpting a cup, students will learn routines for working with clay and strategies to create a successful sculpted object. They will also learn that people long ago in Guatemala used similar cups to drink hot chocolate. Essential question asked:
How can we use clay to create a usable object?
Students specify a need and a want.
Students specify the difference between a need and a want using the Pilgrims' trip on the Mayflower as a starting point.
In this lesson, students learn that we have needs and wants and how they those needs are met.
In this lesson, students will learn about weather by taking walks in various types conditions: sunny, rainy, windy and snowy.
Students learn what they would need to pack for a trip to outer space, how to survive in outer space, and why recycling is important.