Stage 3: Learning Plan

Day *1
D.8.5, A.8.4, B.8.5, B.8.15, B.8.18 Observations- Students will keep track of their individual actions as well as others actions that are affecting the environment Explore what a landfill consists of and how long things take to biodegrade. Start observation journal on what they use on a daily basis (students will be keeping track of the resources they use over the course of the unit). Students will complete a worksheet using analysis skills on how a person can reduce what they use/ buy.

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K.8.2, K.8.3, B.8.10, D.8.5, A.8.4, B.8.15 Discussion- students will share their research on how you can reuse Art product Students will brainstorm ways to reuse items and give examples if they already reuse items. Students will use the internet to research ways other people have reused items. Students will have different art projects to choose from in which they reuse items brought from home.

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B.8.10, D.8.5, A.8.4, B.8.15 Students will engage in a simulation using their research to decide what items Milwaukee, other states, and other countries would recycle (chart). Recycling simulation- students will organize items into what they would put in a recycling bin and what they would throw away. After learning what Milwaukee Recycling accepts, they will repeat the activity. Students will research acceptable recyclable items in 3 other states and 3 other countries and create a chart comparing/ contrasting. The class will merge the charts together and compare everyones research.

Stage 3: Learning Plan

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B.8.10, D.8.5, D.8.6, A.8.4, B.8.5, B.8.15, B.8.18 Essay- Students will write to explain the impact humans have on their environment. Letter- Each student will write a letter to a friend explaining what they have learned about reducing, reusing, and recycling. They will include facts and statistics about waste and recycling. They will also propose a plan of action their friend should take to help the environment. (homework) Students will watch a video on environments are polluted (water, air, and land). They will then answer how humans have affected these environments.

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K.8.2, K.8.3, B.8.10, D.8.5, A.8.4, B.8.5, B.8.15, B.8.18 Art and a couple paragraphs on what their art means. Art project- students will create a work of art of their choice to convey their thought about human impact on the environment (painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, etc.)

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B.8.15, B.8.5, A.8.4, D.8.6, D.8.5, B.8.10 Quiz- environmental resources/ pollutants Final presentation/ proposal What is the most serious problem facing the Earth? Project

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Student reflection on observation chart B.8.15, B.8.5, A.8.4, D.8.6, D.8.5, B.8.10 Observation journal: Students will compose their observation journal into a chart of what resources they used over the course of two weeks Students will have class time to start unit assessment

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B.8.15, B.8.5, A.8.4, D.8.6, D.8.5, B.8.10 Final Essay Questions: 1. What actions are you going to personally take to help the environment and why will it matter? 2. How have you changed over the course of this unit? 3. Specifically, what information from this unit should everyone know about the environment?

Stage 3: Learning Plan Grading Plan:

Day 1 worksheet on reduce/ reuse = 10 pts. Observation journal = 50 pts. Day 2 art project = 10 pts. Recycle simulation/ chart = 20 pts. Essay = 10 pts. Letter to a friend= 20 pts. Quiz = 20 pts. Proposal for Most serious problem facing the earth = 50 pts. Reflection on observation journal = 10 pts. Art project #2 = 20 pts. Final Essay = 30 pts. 225-250 pts. = A 200-225 pts. = B 175-200 pts. =C 150-175 pts.= D Below 150 = F