Living Earth · Week 34 · Ecosystem Stability and Human Impact
Stewards of the Valley
Gathering information on local conservation careers and considering the perspectives of farmers, tribes, and residents.
- Students will
- Students compare how different stakeholders view the use of water and land, then propose, evaluate, and refine one solution against their needs and name a conservation career that supports it.
- SEL skill
- Consider a stakeholder's need and concern respectfully when it differs from your view
- What it looks like
- Students consider perspectives different from their own with respect.
- Content focus
- Perspectives on water and land
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding how other people see and feel about things and respecting where they come from. 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-LS2-7: High School Life 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 V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: WHST.9-10.8 Gather relevant information from multiple sources and assess each source's usefulness.
- Traditional course: Biology
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More social awareness activities for Living Earth
- Who Eats Whom in the Desert Social awarenessStudents model energy flow through a desert food web and reflect on who depends on them and whom they depend on.
- Partners in the Desert Social awarenessExplaining the partnership between the yucca and the yucca moth and noticing the quiet partnerships that hold a classroom together.
- Cycling Carbon Social awarenessModeling the carbon cycle through photosynthesis and respiration and tracing how one person's choices cycle through a community.
- Earth Shapes Life Social awarenessArguing how Earth's surface and life changed together over time and recognizing how surroundings shape people's stories.
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