Science 1
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Stateside Elementary School > 2014-2015 > Grade 1 > Science > Science 1 > Week 30 - Week 35 / Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015 by Heather Hogate
Bregel, Jewel; Hogate, Heather; Jenkins, Samantha; McAvoy, Kristen; Perry, Courtney; Stanley, Jenifer
Big Idea / Conceptual LensInterdependence--Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive. / Focus of Study
Needs of plants and animals, and ways that humans protect their environment and/or improve conditions for the growth of the plants and animals
that live there.
Standards and Clarifying Objectives
NC Essential Standards: Science
NC: Grade 1
Life Science
Ecosystems
1.L.1 Understand characteristics of various environments and behaviors of humans that enable plants and animals to survive.
1.L.1.1 Recognize that plants and animals need air, water, light (plants only), space, food and shelter and that these may be found in their environment.
1.L.1.2 Give examples of how the needs of different plants and animals can be met by their environments in North Carolina or different places throughout the world.
1.L.1.3 Summarize ways that humans protect their environment and/or improve conditions for the growth of the plants and animals that live there. (e.g., reuse or recycle products to avoid littering.)
Molecular Biology
1.L.2 Summarize the needs of living organisms for energy and growth.
1.L.2.1 Summarize the basic needs of a variety of different plants (including air, water, nutrients, and light) for energy and growth.
1.L.2.2 Summarize the basic needs of a variety of different animals (including air, water, and food) for energy and growth.
Copyright © 2015 North Carolina Department of Education. All right reserved. / Enduring Understandings
Bloom's Taxonomy
· Students understand some organisms are living and some are nonliving.
· Students understand that each part of a plant helps the plant.
· Students understand plants grow from a seed.
Essential Concepts and Critical Content
Essential Concepts: Living things, such as plants and animals, have characteristics that are similar. Living things are suited to a certain environment and are interpendent
Vocabulary: living, nonliving, senses, roots, stem, leaves, flower, seed coat, sunlight, change, habitat, shelter
Process Skills:observe, compare, classify/order, gather/record/interpret data, communicate, measure, predict, draw conclusions / Processes, Strategies, and Skills
Essential Questions
· What are the essential needs of plants and animals?
· How do plants and animals affect each other?
· Can plants/animals thrive without all of their needs?
· Why are plants/animals important to you?
· How do the needs of plants and animals change with the weather and the seasons?
· How do local environments support the needs of common NC plants and animals?
· How can the needs of plants and animals be met by their environment?
· How do humans protect our environment?
· Why do humans need to protect our environment?
· What are the consequences of humans changing our environment?
· How do the natural resources of a location affect where people live?
· How does the environment affect people's lives?
· How are natural resources used in our community? / Resources/Materials
Media Center Resources:
-Plants Live Everywhere 581.9 WAD
-Plants and Animals 581.7 LLE
-Plants are Living Things 580 KAL
-The Life of Plants 581.7 LLE
- How Do Plants Grow 581.7 SPI
-Plants in Different Habitats 581.7 KAL
-Plants Need Sunlight 572 PET
-Food From the Sun: How Plants Live and Grow 572 BRO
-Plant Adaptations 581.4 LUN
-Living Things Need Water 571 KAL
-ABCs of Animals 590 KAL
-Animals and the Enviornment
-Animal Adaptations for Survival 591.4 ROS
-Animal Needs 590 BAR
-Animals and the Environment 591.7 BOO
-Sharing the World with Animals 577 ELW
www.fossweb.com Interactive activities: Who Lives Here, Insects and Plants, New Plants, and Animals Two by Two
· www.pebblego.com
-- "Social Studies"--"People and the Environment"
United Streaming Discovery Education:
- The Importance of Plants
- A First Look:Plants
- Plant Parts and Their Uses
- How Plants Grow
- The Magic School Bus Gets Planted
- Animals Around Us
- Living and Nonliving Things
- Habitats: Homes for Living Things
Formative, Interim, and Summative Assessments
Formative: Performance: Authentic Task
· Teacher observation
· Classroomobservation
· Participantchecklist
· Projectevaluation
Integration Opportunities (Optional)
P21: 21st Century Student Outcomes
P21: K-12
Learning & Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation Think Creatively
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming)
Work Creatively with Others
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively
Use Systems Thinking
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems
Make Judgements and Decisions
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
Communication and Collaboration Communicate Clearly
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts
Collaborate with Others
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Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member
/ Additional Integration Opportunities (Optional)
· Math: classify, graph, measure
· Writing: Shared/Interactive
· Literature Connections
Character Qualities (Optional)
§ Respect
§ Caring
§ Responsibility
§ Cooperation
/ Differentiation/Intervention Focus Areas (Optional
· Interest groups or center activities
· Tiered assignments based on readiness
· Compacting: Adjust instruction to account for student mastery
· Variety of literature
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