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Natural Resources: Soil

  • CW: Video notes on p84.

  • DN: What is lichen?

  • Reminder: Work on project. Don’t forget photo documentation.

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  • CW: Video notes on p84.

  • DN: What is lichen?

  • Reminder: Work on project. Don’t forget photo documentation.

RESOURCES

Upcycle Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Generational Resource Use Modeling. A new resource has been discovered. How will that resource be used across generations?

5min Discussion on resource use.

15min Video Notes on p84.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Natural Resources: Notes

  • CW/HW: [1] Completed Foldy-Thing (p82). [2] Paragraph summary and 2 margin questions (p83) in notebook.

  • DN: Make Foldy-Thing.

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  • CW/HW: [1] Completed Foldy-Thing (p82). [2] Paragraph summary and 2 margin questions (p83) in notebook.

  • DN: Make Foldy-Thing.

  • Reminders: Work on your projects.

RESOURCES

Upcycle Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

5min Make Foldy-Thing for Natural Resource Notes.

25min Natural Resource Notes on p83. Foldy-Thingy notes on p82.

10min Paragraph summaries and margin questions on p83.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Biodiversity: Quiz

  • DN: What are most farms? Why?

  • Reminders: [1] Begin collecting materials for your Upcycle Project. [2] Pairs must sign up by Friday and have been assigned the same Upcycle Project Product.

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  • DN: What are most farms? Why?

  • Reminders: [1] Begin collecting materials for your Upcycle Project. [2] Pairs must sign up by Friday and have been assigned the same Upcycle Project Product.

RESOURCES

Upcycle Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.

5min Quick Self-Guided Review.

5min Brief explanation of the quiz and how to answer.

25-30min Biodiversity Quiz

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Biodiversity: Practice Calculations

  • CW: Completed Easy Biodiversity Calculations.

  • DN: What does 52/100 equal?

  • Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.

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  • CW: Completed Easy Biodiversity Calculations.

  • DN: What does 52/100 equal?

  • Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.

RESOURCES

Biodiversity - Practice Makes Perfect

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Upcycle Project Tips & Tricks.

15-20min Biodiversity Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity of two trays and record their findings on the handout. Students can also use Easy Biodiversity Calculations spreadsheet (via Google Classroom) to check their findings.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Biodiversity: CER

  • CW: Completed CER on Bananas. (Just Claim and Evidence.)

  • DN: Read the article on Bananas.

  • Reminders: [1] Begin collecting materials for your Upcycle Project. [2] Pairs must sign up by Friday and have been assigned the same Upcycle Project Product.

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  • CW: Completed CER on Bananas. (Just Claim and Evidence.)

  • DN: Read the article on Bananas.

  • Reminders: [1] Begin collecting materials for your Upcycle Project. [2] Pairs must sign up by Friday and have been assigned the same Upcycle Project Product.

RESOURCES

Upcycle Project Handout

Bananas & Biodiversity Article Link

Biodiversity Calculations & CER Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.

10minClass read the and annotate Bananas Article (technically and edited excerpt from Never out of Season).

5min Watch Banana Videos.

5min> Students write the outline for the Claim using the ABC method.

5min> Students convert Claim outline into a full sentence. Students share claims.

5min> Students write outline for Evidence and find supporting text using the ABC method.

5min> Students convert Evidence outline into a full sentence. Students share evidence.

10min Overview of Upcycle Project.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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