Kathleen

Unit Title: Ecosystems: What we do affects the environment Grade Level: Third grade  Unit Summary: Students will learn about life cycles and habitats of animals (land snails and crayfish in FOSS unit). Students will compare habitats of animals. Students will explain how the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico effects the habitats of the animals living there. Students will work with a partner/team to prepare a final project to explain their views. Students may create a PowerPoint or other technology medium to present their knowledge.  Essential Question: How do humans affect the environment?   Unit Plan: [|Unit_Plan_leavenworth.doc]

Flier for parents (explains project based learning):  [|publication.doc]  Presentation/Hook for students: [|Hookintroductiontostudents.notebook]  Pre-Assessment for students (and for post-assessment): [|preassessment.doc]

Student Support Materials: Student Sample of Final Project: [|studentsampleproject.ppt] Rubric for Student Final Project: [|Student Final Project Rubric.doc] Management Tool (photo citation): [|Copyright_Acknowledgement_Poster.doc] Management Tool (final project citation): [|Primary_Grades_Citing_Example.doc] JITA (CPS or online): [|JITAscience.pdf] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Materials to foster and support self-direction in students: Self collaboration checklist for working together : [|selfCollaboration Checklist—Elementary.doc] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Self collaboration rubric for working together: [|selfcollaborationrubric.doc] Self learning log rubric (for Science Notebooks) : [|selflearninglogrubric.doc] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Self checklist for post project : [|selfpoststudentreflectionschecklist.doc]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Facilitation Resources: Wiki to support teacher as facilitator: Wiki <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Resource to support student learning: [|sciencenotebookentry.notebook] Google doc to record information: StudentSpreadsheetChecklist

Management Resources: Management Tool (computer rules poster): [|Computer_Rules.doc] Management Tool (computer sign up sheet): [|Sign_Up_Sheet.doc] Flier for parents (explains project based learning): <span style="color: #1b0080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 171.6%;"> [|publication.doc]