MEES Conference-generated lessons below, Blank Template at the bottom of the page
Title: ____100-inch Hike________
Goal or Understanding
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Give students experience interpreting an ecosystem through science,
ELA, Math and Social Studies
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Description
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Survey organisms in a quadrant (or 100-inch transect)
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Grade, season, length
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Grades 6-8
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All seasons in same location
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20 minutes
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Science goals
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Life Science Standards Grades 3-8
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SLS.35.1 Classify
plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share
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SLS.68.14 Explain
the roles and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in
the process of energy transfer in a food web
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Metric System
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ELA goals
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Journaling, Poetry, Figurative language, Fiction writing, Oral
presentation, Create your own Field Guides (Art connection)
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Math goals
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Convert inches and feet, Ratios (types of organisms – classified into
groups), Graphs and tables, Area and perimeter
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Social Studies goals
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Land use/History, Use of organisms (plants, etc), Make a map,
Geography terms (identify), Climate change impact, Compass skills
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Introduction activity
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Introduce ecosystem concept
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Writing prompt – observation (could include
interactions, organisms, etc)
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Debriefing activity
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Presentation of findings to class
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Title: _____Match-a-Leaf______
Goal or Understanding
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Different types of trees have different types
of leaves and they all go through yearly cycles
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Function of leaves
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Description
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Use a classic leaf-shapes handout, students match up fallen
leaves. Also use bark to identify tree
from which it came
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Grade, season, length
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K-5
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Spring and Fall
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10 minutes
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Science goals
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preK-2…
Plants as living things and Plants go through changes seasonally
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grades 3-5…
Classify plants, Plant adaptation, decomposing leaves and the food web
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HS Ecology…
decomposing leaves are examples of plant/animal interaction. Maybe differences over time in species
composition after the October storm.
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ELA goals
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Vocabulary: cycles, maple,
oak, acorn, fruit, bark, lobe, type/species
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Math goals
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K-1 … Count lobes of leaves
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Count leaves and measure to compare
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1.MD.1
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2MD.1
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Social Studies goals
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Features and places in the immediate
neighborhood
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Phrases to link to chronology and time
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Introduction activity
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Prepare a Venn diagram … Oak, Maple, Not
either
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Students collect 6 leaves on partner walk and
match to the Venn diagram
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Debriefing activity
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Trace your hand to show the veins, trace the
oak and maple leaves to show the veins
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Functions of leaf veins, compare to human
veins
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Title: _______Schoolyard Rainbow________
Goal or Understanding
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Understand color diversity in nature
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Introduce students to a new field site
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Other themes:
Fall foliage or Spring flowering
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Description
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Have students collect items to match/paste to
a prepared rainbow
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We want to introduce a new study area to
students. Allow them to build
connection to the natural life in that area and develop questions for further
investigation; generate enthusiasm.
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Grade, season, length
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K-1 with an HS class
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Fall
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20 minutes in the field, 20 minutes classroom
follow-up
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Science goals
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Observation
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Classification
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SLS.pK2.7:
Recognize changes in appearance that animals and plants go through as
the seasons change.
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SLS.35.1:
Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics
that they share
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ELA goals
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ELA. RI.1.1: Ask and answer
questions about key details in a text.
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Math goals
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Count how many colors
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Classify by color
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1.MD. 4.
Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories;
ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in
each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
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Social Studies goals
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HSS.pK.G4: Describe the location and features of places in the
immediate neighborhood of the student’s home or school. (G)
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Introduction activity
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Go out and collect as many colorful natural objects as you can find
with a partner – one K and one HS student
(no duplicates in each partner group)
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Debriefing activity
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What colors did we find?
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Identify objects
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Put objects in piles … leaf, flower, other
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Put natural items on rainbow sheet
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Title:
____Soil Sampling (Organisms in Soil)___
Goal or Understanding
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Introduce students to the unseen and irreplaceable members of the
soil ecosystem
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Description
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Have students dig small holes and place a small plastic cup with 1
inch of soapy water. Examine the next
day
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Grade, season, length
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Grade 3-5;
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September, December and May
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10 minutes to get to the site and dig
hole. 30-40 minutes to count and draw
organisms
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Science goals
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SLS35.1: Classify plants and animals according to the physical
characteristics they share
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ELA goals
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ELA.R1.5.1: Quote accurately
from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text
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Math goals
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K.MD.3:
Classify objects into given categories; count number of objects in
each category and sort category by count.
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Bar graph.
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Social Studies goals
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HSS.pK.G4: Describe the location and features of
places in the immediate neighborhood of the student’s home or school. (G)
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Introduction activity
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Possibly a food web activity.
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Vocabulary work (word match or
crossword). Ask what students think
might find in the soil
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Debriefing activity
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Graphing data
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Food chain activity
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Lesson Title:
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Description
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Grade, season, length
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Science goals
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ELA goals
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Math goals
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Social Studies goals
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Introduction activity
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Debriefing activity
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