| TEACHER'S LESSON
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| Performance Standrards: Identify types of wetlands
and their characteristics. Identify survival adaptations of plants and
animals. |
| Essential Skills: Identify and classify living and
nonliving factors in a wetland. Identify, construct, and test models
depicting environmental change on physical environment. |
| Learning Objectives: The students will learn about
wetlands through the Wetlands subject sampler. They will then construct a
web on Inspritation using their knowledge. They will use this information
to create a Powerpoint Presentation about wetlands. They will present
their Power Point presentations to another third grade class. |
| Student Activity 1: The students will complete the
Wetlands Subject Sampler. They will first learn about the three main types
of wetlands. Then, they will learn about the animals that live on
wetlands. The lesson will conclude with the students learning about the
beaver and how it helps maintain the wetlands. |
| Student Assessment: Students will complete the
worksheet entitled Wetlands. |
| Additional Resources: Wetlands Subject Sampler |
| Wetlands |
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| Student Activity 2:The students will create a web
using Inspiration. The students will name the three main types of
wetlands; marshes, swamps and bogs. The students will describe two animals
that live in the wetlands. The students will describe the important part
the beaver plays in maintaining the wetlands. |
| Student Assessment:A rubric will be used to assess
the student's web. |
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| Student Activity 3: The students will create a Power
Point Presentation that focuses on the three major wetlands; marshes,
swamps and bogs. They will then describe two animals that live in the
wetlands; the Great Egret and the Beaver. Then, they will describe the
important role that the beaver plays in maintaining the wetlands. The
students will create atleast 5 slides. The students will need to include
pictures and text. |
| Student Assessment:The student's work will be
assessed using a rubric. |
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| Student Activity 4:Each student will present their
Power Point presentations to another student in a third grade class. They
will explain the information in their presentation. |
| Student Assessment:The teacher will observe the
students as they present their Power Point presentations. |
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| Other Resources: |
| http://odin/tiftechdoc/balido/wetlands.htm |
| http://odin/tiftechdoc/balido/worksheet.doc |
| http://odin/tiftechdoc/balido/rubric.doc |
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| http://odin/tiftechdoc/balido/rubric.doc |
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