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**Aquarium Activity** (Under the discussion tab!)   How do living things cause changes to the earth?
 * Living Things Change the Earth**
 * __Teaching Objective/Aim __****: **

Students will observe and record changes in their surroundings and infer the causes of the changes. a) Recognize effects that occur in a specific area caused by weather, plants, animals and/or people. a. Writes text of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell the story.
 * __State Standard __****: **(S2E3a)
 * ELA2W1  **The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. The student 

__Oil Spill__ by Melvin Berger Jar Oil Water Feather Trash Junior Environmental Scientist video Chart paper, paper, and markers
 * __Materials __****: **

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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Pre-Lesson Teacher Preparation __**<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> :
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Read children's book __Oil Spill__; extract portions that apply to lesson plan **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gather trash, oil, jar, water, feather for experiment **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Engage: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Purposefully place trash throughout the classroom without explaining its purpose. As students inquire, ask them to describe what they see and how they felt seeing it throughout their space. Open lesson by reading __Oil Spill__ to students, allowing them to ask questions along the way. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explore: __**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(Modeling an Oil Spill) //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Put water in jar and add a little oil. Dip feather into the oily water. Have students feel the feather, describing how it feels orally. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Next, we w **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ill watch two **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Junior Environmental Scientist videos about pollution, water, land and solutions. It contains vocabulary words that are reinforced in the SE of the text. They will define the words in their science journals and we will discuss their entries in a large group setting. **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SW apply their understanding of science terms to our world. **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">

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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Extend: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Large group discussion about ways we can take care of our environment. Students will construct a billboard in their table teams to get the word out to friends and families about why it’s imperative we take care of our surroundings (real- life connection). We will review terms such as pollution, resources, weather, environment, landfill, and the 4 R’s to make sure they include them on their billboards. **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Evaluate __**<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Students were asked to write a minimum of six sentences in their science journals about what they learned today. I read through the entries and all but 2 students were very thorough in describing their connection to the lesson and used a variety of vocabulary terms in doing so. Some students even elaborated about what they discovered or were able to clarify as a result of the activity. **

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">a) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Land, Pollution and Solutions <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; msobidifontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Century Gothic'; msolist: Ignore;">b)  <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Water, Pollution and Solutions Houghton-Mifflin Textbook
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Resources: __**<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Junior Environmental Scientist videos (http://player.discoveryeducation.com) **