Earth and Environmental Science · Week 22 · Land, Food, and Natural Resources
Lithium Valley
Gathering multiple perspectives on lithium extraction and communicating a position honestly to community stakeholders.
- Students will
- Students gather multiple perspectives on lithium extraction and evaluate a design solution against criteria and constraints.
- SEL skill
- State a position honestly, including what you do not yet know, and listen to other stakeholders
- What it looks like
- Students communicate a position honestly and respectfully, including what they do not yet know.
- Content focus
- Lithium Valley
- Format
- Structured discussion
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building and keeping healthy relationships through clear communication, careful listening, cooperation, and working through 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-ESS3-2: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- HS-ETS1-3: High School Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.9 Compare and contrast findings in a text to those from other sources.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
Fits these textbook chapters
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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.
- Pollinators and Plates Relationship skillsSimulating ways to reduce threats to pollinators and dividing team roles so every member contributes.
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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.