This week we'll continue to learn the parts of a plant, planting seeds, and the factors affecting plant growth.
We are continuing to learn about Native American culture, the differences between Native American peoples and the ways Native Americans used and adapted to their environment.
Soon we'll start to look at the global explorations of the past centuries, and how it changed the lives of people in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Driving questions start with...
What would drive someone to explore the world?
What kind of personal characteristics are common to explorers?
How do different technologies make exploration possible?
What are the effects of exploration? on the people of the societies doing the exploration? and on the people of the "discovered" lands?
Standards addressed over the next few weeks:
Science:
5.2 Students understand that plants and animals have structures for respiration, digestion, waste disposal, and transport of materials.
4.2 Students know that all organisms need energy and matter to live and grow
3.3.a. Students know plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
History:
5.1 Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.
3.2 Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in the recent past.
5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.
5.3 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.
3.3 Students draw from historical and community resources to organize the sequence of local historical events and describe how each period of settlement left its mark on the land.
