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Subject: Environment and Ecology |
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1. Topic-
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Wetlands:
What is a wetland? |
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2. Content-
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habitat
wetlands
estuaries
ecosystem
soil
debris
community
watershed |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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Student will have an understanding of:
1. The wetland ecosystem.
2. The plants and animals that live in the community.
3. How the habitat functions.
4.The impact humans have on the wetlands. |
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4. Objectives-
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1.Students will be able to define what a wetland is.
2.Identify the role of a wetlands in the environment.
3. Understand the role wetlands play in the environment.
4. Apply information to create wetland diorama. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| computer, strainer, bowl, pitcher, water, dirt, rocks, sticks, shoe
boxes, natural materials, computers, paper and pencils, books on wetlands |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1.Students are broken into groups of 5 or 6.
2. Each group is given a strainer, pitcher or water mixture of dirt,
rocks and debris.
3.Each group comes up with a hypothesis of what they think will happen
when the water is poured through the strainer.
4. Groups will share their hypothesis with the class.
5. Students will conduct experiment.
6. As a whole class students will come together on the rug to discuss
findings.
7. The teacher will record student observations on the board.
8. The teacher will then review the idea of a ecosystem, habitat and
community with students from earlier lessons.
9. The teacher will prompt students to consider bodies of water around
them.
10. The teacher show student pictures of wetlands.
11. Student will discuss what they already know about wetlands and
record answers.
12. Students will discuss what they want to know about wetlands. |
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B. Development-
1.The teacher will introduce a video.
2. Together with the students the teacher will create a list of important
information that should observe from the video based on what they
want to know about the wetlands.
3. The teacher and students will watch the video.
4. After the video students will share information in groups about
what they learned from the video.
5. Each group will compile a list of five things they learned about
wetlands from the video.
6. Each group will be given a different important wetland to research
from a list provided by the teacher.
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C. Practice-
1. Students will work in groups using classroom books and Internet
websites to collect a photo and gain basic information about wetlands.
2. Students will have a worksheet to complete about the wetland to
assist them in organizing information.
3. Students will include the: location, body of water, animals and
plants common to area, human impact and photo/image of wetland.
4. Students will create a poster to present to the class with information
they learned about their wetland. |
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Informal observations during experiment.
2. Completion of video worksheet.
3.Informal teacher observation during KWL chart discussion.
4. Wetland research poster. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1.For ELL students vocabulary and definitions will be provided in
their first language when needed.
2. When necessary students will be given a outline of things to observe
during video.
3. When reviewing books and Internet sites students can have information
read aloud to them when necessary.
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F. Checking for understanding-
1. Students will present their wetland to the class.
2. The final diorama should have examples of plants, animals and human
impact displayed. |
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G. Closure-
1. The class will discuss their findings as a class.
2. Each group will present their wetland and give specific information.
3. Each student will write down common factors found in each wetland
area.
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7. Evaluation-
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| Student will use collected information to create a diorama of a
wetland which includes animals, plants, and examples of human influences
on wetlands. |
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