How do plants grow and change?
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In this lesson, students will use a potted plant to investigate how plants need light in order to complete photosynthesis.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: explain why leaves are important for plant growth; and, explain what photosynthesis is. |
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What plants are in your area and how can you use them?
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In this lesson, students will collect and identify leaves from three different local plants. Students will work with local cultural knowledge bearers, elders, teachers, parents, and others to learn how people in the area use these plants.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: identify a minimum of three plant leaves from their area; and, tell how the identified plants are used. |
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What are some of Earth's landforms?
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In this lesson, students will observe local land features. Students use their observations to create a model of a single land form, then write a traditional creation story about that feature.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: identify local land features; create and use a model of a landform; and tell a traditional story about a local land feature. |
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What is the rock cycle?
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In this lesson, students will conduct an investigation to learn how rock changes from one type to another in the rock cycle.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: explain the rock cycle; identify properties of sedimentary rock; identify properties of metamorphic rock; identify properties of igneous rock; and determine whether a rock from the community is a sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous rock. |
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How do weathering and erosion affect rocks?
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In this lesson, students will build a model landform and investigate the rate of change in a game that builds observation skills.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: explain the difference between weathering and erosion; use models to demonstrate changes over time; and explain how erosion has changed local landscapes over time. |
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What is an ecosystem?
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In this lesson, students will learn what an ecosystem is and how the components of the ecosystem interact.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: describe an ecosystem by identifying examples of living and non-living things and how they compete; identify and organize a simple food chain; use scientific processes and inquiry to directly explore the concepts of ecosystems. |
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How does energy pass through an ecosystem?
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In this lesson, students will demonstrate the interconnectivity between species in an ecosystem.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: identify or diagram examples of consumers and producers; identify or diagram and organize a food web, diagramming how energy flows through it. |
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How do ecosystems change over time?
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In this lesson, students will play a game to learn about competition and survival within ecosystems.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: give at least two examples of competition that takes place in real-world ecosystems; explain how and why competition takes place in ecosystems; and, explain how ecosystem changes in one part of an ecosystem can affect other parts of the system. |
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