Lesson Plan by NS

Fifth Grade Lesson Plan integration from

Fire Ecology Institute

I teach at an IB (International Baccalaureate) school in Colorado Springs and we teach with a Unit concept throughout the year. My intention is to integrate lessons from PLT and the week into as many units as I can. At this time I plan on using lessons in the unit, “How the World Works” which for us is Changing Earth with a heightened emphasis on science and “Who We Are” which is Human Body for us and will include cycles. During the fifth grade year, students work towards a summative unit and this year our theme is, “Sharing the planet” and as the students decide on their focus I will integrate lessons as they apply. I hope to integrate Forests of the World Lessons 3 and 5 during the year to encourage inquiry.

Activity 86 potentially could support Life Science, Earth Science and Economics and will be taught as it fits.

Teaching in Colorado Springs will afford me the opportunity to invite Amy Sylvester of the Colorado Springs Fire Department to speak about mitigation. I want to network with Theresa Springer/CUSP and see how my students can support the work to mitigate floods and the work they do. I will also invite my husband to speak to my students/fifth graders in connection to how Colorado Springs firefighters support the city.

Changing Earth (earth science): an inquiry into the natural world and its laws, the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies

Integration of the following lessons in the format of the unit of study from the PLT Environmental Education Activity Guide:

Activity 23 The Fallen Log

Activity 41 How Plants Grow (growth requirements)

Activity 42 Sunlight & Shades of Green (photosynthesis)

Activity 79 Tree Lifecycle

Water Cycle support

Activity 38 Every Drop Counts

Activity 44 Water Wonders

Climate

Activity 28 Air Plants (interaction between air and plants)

Activity 29 Rain Reasons (how climate factors influence the growth of plants)

Activity 84 The Global Climate (data analysis of CO2 over a 46 year period)

Activity

Human Body (life science):

Activity 46 Schoolyard Safari (interrelated cycles of growth and decline)

48 Field, Forest and Stream (student teams analyze ecosystems)

Economics:

Lesson 73 Waste Watchers (student driven energy analysis)

Lesson 85 In the Driver’s Seat (student driven analysis of family transportation, supply and demand discussion, petroleum extraction and potential conservation)