This is the last unit in my Kindergarten Next Generation Science series!
Unit Overview
Lesson 1: I can identify human actions that have an observable impact on land.
I can make choices to reduce human impact on the land.
Lesson 2: I can communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land.
Lesson 3: I can identify human actions that have an observable impact on water.
I can make choices to reduce human impact on the water.
Lesson 4: I can communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the water.
Lesson 5: I can identify human actions that have an observable impact on air.
I can make choices to reduce human impact on the air.
Lesson 6: I can communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the air.
Lesson 7: I can identify human actions that have an observable impact on other living things in the local
environment.
I can make choices to reduce human impact on other living things in the local environment.
Lesson 8: I can communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on other living things in
the local environment.
Lesson 9: I can draw, dictate and/or write to compose an informative explanatory text to name a topic
related to caring for our Earth and supply some information about the topic.Materials Needed:
* Several books/ebooks/magazine articles about caring for land, water, air and living things
* Movie clips on the same topics
* Pictures of how man negatively affects the environment
* The whiteboard version of this unit: Email primarilyteaching@gmail.com to request the version of your
choice: SmartBoard Notebook or Promethean Activinspire.
Book/Video Suggestions:
Storia’s Earth in Danger (Scholastic’s Storia works on your computer and tablets, too!)
Brainpop Jr. Movies: “Natural Resources” and “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”
Cloverleaf Planet Protectors series, available as Kindle eBooks (You can read Kindle eBooks on the computer and tablets, too!)
Happy science teaching,
