Earth and Environmental Science · Week 1 · Earth Systems and Cycles
Scientist of This Place
Students map the land, water, and people that shape their lives and name the kind of environmental scientist they want to become.
- Students will
- Students ask questions about the land, water, and people of the Coachella Valley, explain how water and climate shaped where people farm and live, and describe the kind of environmental scientist they want to become.
- SEL skill
- Name the curiosity you bring to a place you know and link it to a question about the valley
- What it looks like
- Students recognize emotions and name the curiosity they bring to a place they know.
- Content focus
- Scientist of this place
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and noticing how they influence what you do. More self-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: SEP1 Asking questions and defining problems
- 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
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More self-awareness activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Where Our Water Comes From Self-awarenessTracing valley water from the Colorado River and the aquifer to the tap and reflecting on what we take for granted.
- Reading Climate Clues Self-awarenessAnalyzing ice core and tree ring evidence of past climates and noticing the feelings that arise when data points to change.
- Semester Reflection: Footprint and Handprint Self-awarenessStudents reflect on how their thinking about the environment changed and set a spring goal for a positive handprint.
- Soil Is Alive Self-awarenessInvestigating how water and organisms build soil and reflecting on what helps students put down roots in a new semester.
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.