Through hands-on activities and interactive learning experiences in the classroom AND an engaging outdoor field
experience, students become aware of their impact on their own watershed and how they can protect it!
S.4.GS.9 Students will construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
S.4.GS.12 Students will make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
S.4.GS.13 Students will analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
S.4.GS.14 Students will generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.*
S.3-5.ETS.1 Students will define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
S.3-5.ETS.2 Students will generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
S.3-5.ETS.3 Students will plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
ELA.4.22 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
ELA.4.30 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing ideas clearly.
ELA.4.41 Acquire and accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, and stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
M.4.19 Know relative sizes of measurement units within a system of units, including the metric system (km, m, cm; kg, g; l, ml), the standard system (lb, oz), and time (hr, min, sec.).
SS.4.4 Demonstrate patriotism by creating and implementing school/community service projects (e.g., litter cleanup, fundraisers for community groups, participation in community holiday parades, celebrations, services, etc.).
SS.4.8 Describe and locate examples of the major physical features of the United States (e.g., bodies of water, mountains, rivers, grasslands, oases, etc.) using references and technology (e.g., atlas, globe, geographic information system, etc.).
