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Environment Part 3: A Personal Plan for Climate Change

Personal solutions to climate change.
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Objectives:
Students will develop a personal and family plan for reducing their carbon footprint.
Approximately __1__ Instructional Hour
Skills Addressed: gathering information through online research
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Assessment:
Students will create posters explaining how personal consumer choices can reduce one’s carbon footprint.
Students will complete a carbon reduction plan for reducing their family carbon footprint.
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Resources:
Access to in-class computers for

Environment Part 4: Our Waterways

The Water Pollution Problem.
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Objectives:
• Explain causes and effects of pollution running into major estuaries in the U.S.
• Identify potential solutions to this problem.
Approximately __1.5-2__ Instructional Hours
Skills Addressed: Analyzing complex concepts, note-taking, critical thinking
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Assessment:
Formative Assessment: Students will complete and discuss notes that identify causes of pollution in our estuaries, effects of the pollution, and potential solutions.
Formative

Newton’s 2nd Law

Diverse Learner: ELPS (gifted)
This lesson plan is designed to meet the needs of gifted learners. Gifted learners have many characteristics. They are able to conceptualize abstract concepts better than their peers. They organize and synthesize new ideas better than their peers. They are able to analyze data systematically and identify patterns better than their peers.
Gifted

Alternative Energy

Diverse Learner (verbal learning disabilities)
Students with learning disabilities are of average intelligence (or greater), yet they have difficulty receiving, processing, analyzing, or storing information. Verbal learning disabilities make it difficult for students to read, write, and spell. These students tend take avoid reading out loud in front of the class and avoid writing assignments. This

Metric Intro

Math Lesson Plan: Metric Intro
GRADE: 5th / 6th
Aim:
Students will learn basic metric measurement concepts & the metric sentence.
MATERIALS:
? sentence strips
? rulers
? markers ? meter sticks
? scale
? measuring cups
Motivation:
Today we’re going to learn about a system used all over the world and a trick to remember the units of measure. Raise your hand if you’ve ever