Earth Day every day
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g35/earthday.html
A lesson plan for Grade 3 Social Studies
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- Appropriate grades
- 3
- Subjects
- science (environmental science), social studies (sociology), thinking skills (information literacy, research skills, visual literacy)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore how classroom and community projects can improve the local environment and benefit communities beyond one's own. After engaging in a whole class discussion about environmental issues, students examine how these issues affect them directly.
Students will:
- learn to recognize how human activities can have adverse environmental consequences;
- sketch maps that show areas affected by environmental problems; and
- propose alternative activities to reduce the negative effects of some of these consequences.
Xpeditions provides links to necessary web resources, detailed instructions for completing the lesson, and suggestions for assessment and extension activities.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 3
- Goal 3: The learner will examine how individuals can initiate change in families, neighborhoods, and communities.
- Objective 3.01: Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present.
- Objective 3.02: Describe how individuals, events, and ideas change over time.
- Goal 4: The learner will explain geographic concepts and the relationship between people and geography in real life situations.
- Objective 4.04: Compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment to meet their needs.
