Lessons

Plants in Our Lawn

Driving Question - What plants are in our lawn?
Students will learn about plants that live in lawns (a habitat) using the booklet "Plants in a Lawn" as a model, and then use scientific practices and communication skills to investigate and compare their lawn to the one in the booklet.

Sun, Shadow, and Shade

Driving Question - Why did the cows go to the shade?

Students learn how sun, shadow, and shade affect the Earth's surface using the story booklet "Sun, Shadow, and Shade" as a model. They will plan how to conduct a fair test of this idea by feeling temperature with their hands on sunny and shady spots that are side by side. They will compare these differences and what they mean and communicate their work in a poster.