K-8 ELL Teacher
The Importance of Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #1)
In this lesson, students learn about habitats and how plants, prey, and predators interact based on their needs.
Using Numbers to Think About Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #2)
In this lesson, students use a base number to compare the numbers of extinct, endangered, and vulnerable species and consider how to help protect animals and plants.
Conservation to Improve Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #3)
In this lesson, students learn about how people are protecting living things and create their own plan to protect living things.
Water All Around Us (Water and Plant Survival #1)
In this lesson, students make personal connections to water while introducing the types and locations of water in the world.
Sea Level Rise (Water and Plant Survival #2)
In this lesson, students investigate why sea level rise is occurring and consider how people’s actions can alter its course.
Plant Survival (Water and Plant Survival #3)
In this lesson, students learn about science experiments, design and execute an experiment to learn about what plants need to survive, and communicate their findings to others.
Salt and Plants (Water and Plant Survival #4)
In this lesson, students reflect on how salt affects plants, learn how some communities are finding ways to grow plants in saltier conditions, and create a mural to share their learning with the community.
What Do These Numbers Mean?
In this lesson, students read charts and graphs about weather, climate, and climate change and represent data in a graph.
Read Aloud Guide: Wet by Carey Sookocheff
This read aloud is an entry point to discussing the importance of water in our lives.
1,000 Number Packet
In this activity, students engage with reading, writing, and comparing numbers to better understand the effects of human activity on the world’s organisms.
Conservation Plan Research & Writing
In this activity, students will research and write about a threatened species from their area.
Leveled Reader: Farming in Bangladesh
Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities in Bangladesh.
Trauma-Informed Care (TiC) Caregiver Info and Letter
This letter and teacher resource and provided as an entry point to thinking about trauma-informed care in relation to climate change learning in your classroom.
Leveled Reader: Farming in Pakistan
Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities.
Green Careers: A Public Speaking Lesson
In this lesson, students act as science communicators to explain patterns in temperature changes over time.
Reading Lesson: Sustainable Seafood
Students read and analyze information about where we get our seafood and sustainable seafood practices.
Brainstorming: What Is Climate Change?
This activity acts as an anticipation guide to learn what knowledge students already have about climate change.
My Hearing Spot: Decodable Reader
In this decodable book, students will learn how to use a "sit spot" or a quiet place in nature to observe and notice animals and plants in their area.