Earth and Environmental Science · Week 36 · Sustainability and Civic Action
Gratitude for People and Place
Students write thank you notes to a person and to a place in the valley that supported their growth this year.
- Students will
- Students explain how one natural resource or the climate shaped life and work in the valley and write thank you notes to one person and one place.
- SEL skill
- Express specific gratitude and say how you can give back
- What it looks like
- Students practice connection by expressing specific gratitude to others.
- Content focus
- Gratitude for people and place
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean getting along and working well with others by speaking clearly, listening well, sharing the work, and solving conflict. More relationship skills 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: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC4 Systems and system models
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including scientific procedures and processes.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
More relationship skills activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Rocks Tell Stories Relationship skillsExplaining how the valley and its mountains formed and sharing stories about places, real or imagined, respectfully.
- Field Teams Relationship skillsTeams plan a schoolyard soil and water investigation and agree on how to repair conflicts in the field.
- Saving Every Drop Relationship skillsTeams design a water saving solution for school landscaping and build on each other's ideas.
- Lithium Valley Relationship skillsGathering multiple perspectives on lithium extraction and communicating a position honestly to community stakeholders.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.