Access Point #: SC.4.L.17.In.4


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Recognize things that people do to help or hurt the environment, such as recycling and pollution.
Number: SC.4.L.17.In.4 Category: Independent
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08 Big Idea: Interdependence

A. Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.

B. Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment.

C. Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.

Related Benchmarks

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SC.4.L.17.4: Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.



Related Courses

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5020050: Science - Grade Four
7720050: Access Science Grade 4


Related Resources

Lesson Plan

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Engineering Solutions: This lesson is designed to use Internet resources to explore the side effects of technology; to design, implement and evaluate solutions related to the problem of waste disposal.

Presentation/Slideshow

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Recycle:

This is an easy-to- read accessible book that can be downloaded as a slide show to be used with Power Point, Impress, or Flash format. It can be speech enabled, and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the Intellikeys keyboard with a custom overlay, and 1-3 switches. For students with visual impairments, the font and background colors can be modified as well.

Unit/Lesson Sequence

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Pollution:

In this lesson students will learn about pollution and its effects. They will learn in depth about pesticides and see its harmful effects that they might not have realized at first. The students will simulate a landfill and see what objects will decompose and which objects won't. They will create their own solutions to an oil spill and test to see which solution is the most effective. The students will observe the effects oil has on water birds. Through this they will determine the long term damage done by an oil spill.



Student Resources

Presentation/Slideshow

Name Description
Recycle:

This is an easy-to- read accessible book that can be downloaded as a slide show to be used with Power Point, Impress, or Flash format. It can be speech enabled, and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the Intellikeys keyboard with a custom overlay, and 1-3 switches. For students with visual impairments, the font and background colors can be modified as well.



Parent Resources

Presentation/Slideshow

Name Description
Recycle:

This is an easy-to- read accessible book that can be downloaded as a slide show to be used with Power Point, Impress, or Flash format. It can be speech enabled, and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the Intellikeys keyboard with a custom overlay, and 1-3 switches. For students with visual impairments, the font and background colors can be modified as well.