1+LS+Designing+a+Farm

=**Moore Magnet Elementary School**=

Unit Plan
=**Learning Target: (Essential Question)**= How do living and nonliving things grow and change in their environment?

**Standards:**
parts that work together. GLE 0107.1.2 Use tools to examine major body parts and plant structures. GLE 0107.2.1 Distinguish between living and non-living things in an environment. GLE 0107.3.1 Recognize that plants and animals are living things that grow and change over time. GLE 0107.4.1 Observe and illustrate the life cycle of animals. GLE 0107.4.2 Describe ways in which animals closely resemble their parents. GLE 0107.5.1 Investigate how plants and animals can be grouped according to their habitats. GLE 0107.5.2 Recognize that some organisms which formerly lived are no longer found on earth. || Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. 2. Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. 6. Technology Operations and Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. || GLE 0106.2.1 Understand and use number notation and place value to 100. GLE 0106.2.2 Compare and order whole numbers to 100. GLE 0106.2.3 Develop strategies for learning basic addition facts and related subtraction facts.
 * ===**Science**=== ||
 * GLE 0107.1.1 Recognize that living things have
 * ===**Technology/ISTE**=== ||
 * 1. Creativity and Innovation
 * ===**Math**=== ||

GLE 0106.5.1 Use various representations to display and compare data. || objects using the senses and tools. GLE 0107.Inq.2 Ask questions, make logical predictions, plan investigations, and represent data. GLE 0107.Inq.3 Explain the data from an investigation. GLE 0107.T/E.1 Recognize that both natural materials and human-made tools have specific characteristics that determine their use. GLE 0107.T/E.2 Apply engineering design and creative thinking to solve practical problems. ||
 * ===**Engineering/Science**=== ||
 * GLE 0107.Inq.1 Observe the world of familiar

Performance Assessment Project:
Students will construct a bar graph of the animals on their farm. Students will grow a class garden using various types of seeds and record observations on data chart. Students will use senses and simple tools to make observations about their plants. Students will differentiate between living and nonliving things on the farm. Students will match parent with it's offspring. Students will group plants and animals according to their habitats. Students will discuss how living things change and grow over time. Students will discuss how organisms are no longer found on Earth. Students will sort pictures or illustrations of animals that are extinct and those that still exists. Students will draw conclusions about the life cycle of animals. Students will differentiate between plant and animal life cycle. ||
 * **Describe Project** - What will the student do or create to demonstrate knowledge acquired? ||
 * The students will be designing a farm in small groups to show the relationship between living and nonliving things in that environment. ||
 * **Scaffolding** - What are you providing to make students successful? ||
 * The teacher will expand student's prior knowledge by reading books and using whole class demonstrations using Kidspiration. The group will view farms in literature, including real world photos, and on the internet. ||
 * **Materials** - What materials will you need to teach this unit? ||
 * Farm books, materials to design a farm (soil, seeds, water, popsicle sticks, model farm animals, paint, etc) ||
 * **Timeline** ||
 * First and part of second nine weeks ||
 * **Rubric** ||
 * (see attached) ||
 * **Supporting Activities for Unit**- What activities will be done throughout the unit to support the learning? ||
 * Students will skip count animals on the farm.