Ecological literacy unit
Activity/lesson plan
Grade 1
TITLE OF ACTIVITY:
What’s that you stepped on?
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE(S) BEING ADDRESSED:
Biodiversity
STANDARD(S) BEING ADDRESSED:
4.6 Understanding Place
7.1 Scientific Method/Observation
7.13 Organisms, Evolution, and Interdependence
INQUIRY/FOCUSING QUESTIONS:
What are those funny looking little mounds of dirt you just stepped on?
Do you know what creature made that little hole?
TOPIC:
Learning about earthworms.
PROCEDURES:
Have the students follow the teacher around the Kindergarten Playground
Point out the wormholes and castings.
Children draw what they see.
Have children dig to see what made the hole.
MATERIALS:
Kindergarten playground
Clip Board
Paper
Crayons or markers
Small shovel
CULTURAL HERITAGE CONNECTIONS:
Hardware store
Bait Store
TASK/CONTENT-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT:
(e.g., products, performances, tasks, tools (rubrics/checklists), anecdotal)
Drawing of what you see. (Product)
Discussion of what they see. (Anecdotal)
GENERALIZED-STANDARD ASSESSMENT:
(e.g., products, performances, tasks, tools(rubrics/checklists), anecdotal)
4.6 Understanding Place rubric (tool)
7.1 Scientific Method-Observation, rubric (tool)
7.13 Organisms, rubric (tool)
