Earth and Environmental Science · Week 20 · Land, Food, and Natural Resources
Feeding the Nation from the Desert
Arguing how water and climate made the valley a winter vegetable center and honoring the farmworkers who make it happen.
- Students will
- Students argue from evidence how water and climate make the valley a winter vegetable center and recognize the farmworkers who make it possible.
- SEL skill
- Consider the daily work of farmworkers and express specific appreciation
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by considering the work and perspective of the people who grow and harvest food.
- Content focus
- Feeding the Nation from the Desert
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness is seeing a situation through someone else's eyes and showing empathy, especially for people whose lives differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-1: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP7 Engaging in argument from evidence
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.8 Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science text.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
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More social awareness activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Spheres That Interact Social awarenessAnalyzing data on feedbacks among Earth's spheres and seeing how one person's change ripples through a group.
- The Shrinking Salton Sea Social awarenessSimulating the Salton Sea water balance and listening to how shrinking shorelines affect nearby families and wildlife.
- Urban Heat Islands Social awarenessMeasuring surface temperatures around campus and considering who lives and works in the hottest places.
- Working in the Heat Social awarenessCommunicating the warning signs of heat illness for farmworkers and athletes and practicing noticing when someone needs help.
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