4th-LS-TN+Wildlife

**Unit Plan Life Science**
 * Moore Magnet Elementary School**

**Learning Target: (Essential Question)** How do different soils affect plant growth? **Grade Level: 4th**

**Standards:** GLE 0407.1.1 Recognize that cells are the building blocks of all living things. GLE 04072.1 Analyze the effects of changes in the environment on the stability of an ecosystem. GLE 0407.3.1 Demonstrate that plants require light energy to grow and survive. GLE 0407.3.2 Investigate different ways that organisms eet their energy needs. || 2D: (Communication and Collaboration) Contribute to project teams to produce original works to solve problems. 3D: (Research and Information Fluency) Process data and report results. || GLE 0406.4.3 Solve problems that involve estimating and measuring length, area, capacity and weight. GLE 0406.4.2 Understand and use measures of length, area, capacity, and weight || GLE 0407.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem. GLE 0407.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams. ||
 * **Science** ||
 * GLE 0407.9.1 Collect data to illustrate that the physical properties of matter can be described with tools that measure weight, mass, length, and volume.
 * **Technology/ISTE** ||
 * 1B (Creativity and Innovation) Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
 * **Math** ||
 * GLE 0406.1.2 Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to problem solving, including estimation, and reasonableness of the solution.
 * **Engineering/Science** ||
 * GLE 0407.T/E.5 Apply a creative design strategy to solve a particular problem generated by societal needs and wants.

**Performance Assessment Project:**
 * **Describe Project** - What will the student do or create to demonstrate knowledge acquired? ||
 * Students will select soil, plant seeds, attend and monitor plant growth, measure plant growth, record and graph data, and report results. ||
 * **Scaffolding** - What are you providing to make students successful? ||
 * Research/books on soil, Math lessons on graphing, mean, median, mode, place value, measurement, time to conduct research/attend to plant growth, lesson on Scientific method/engineering process. ||
 * **Materials** - What materials will you need to teach this unit? ||
 * Topsoil, clay, hummus, radish seeds, plastic cups, rulers, laptops, and graduated cylinders, Science boards ||
 * **Timeline:** ||
 * August 6-September 24, 2010 (Or longer if necessary) ||
 * **Rubric** ||
 * See attached ||
 * **Supporting Activities for Unit**- What activities will be done throughout the unit to support the learning? ||
 * Graphing, mean, median, mode, measuring, designing cell models, guest speakers (Master Gardeners, 4H) ||