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Unit Plan

Natural Resources Shared Naturally

Grade(s)

4, 5, 6

Overview

Natural resources provides what living things need to survive and thrive. This unit explores the transfer of energy throughout the food chain, investigates the amounts of rainfall in a region, examines the patterns of Native Americans settling adjacent to water, and guides students as they design animals that would survive in a wet biome. The math, science, history, and language arts lessons included are strong enough to stand alone, but when taught simultaneously, strengthen each of the 5th grade standards.

This unit was created as part of the ALEX Interdisciplinary Resource Development Summit.

Content Standards
Essential Question
Modeling Energy Within the Food Chain
Native Americans: How Their Environment Affected Their Culture
Rain Drops

Unit Assessment

Assessments Formative: Practice Presentations, Notes

Assessments Summative: Oral Presentation, with rubric, Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:, Other

Assessments Summative (Other): Digital Project - Office 365 Suite (PowerPoint, SWAY, etc.)

 

Approximate Duration

Owner (Author)

emswells

Owner2

lorikeel

Owner3

erikatshockley

Owner4

knightmare
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