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4C Processes that Shape the Earth #1
Waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape the earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers....
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5D Interdependence of Life #1
For any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all....
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Exploring Caves
http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/exploringcaves/
Description
Exploring Caves is an interdisciplinary set of materials on caves for grades K-3. The resource centers around an online book divided into five chapters. For each chapter, there are accompanying teacher materials and lessons. Also included are special sections on the following topics: cave types, cave animals, cave care, and America's caves.
Using the Resource
Exploring Caves presents concepts from five scientific disciplines: earth science, hydrology, mapping, biology, and anthropology. Detailed lesson plans suggest ways to address these ideas to very young students. Be sure to emphasize to children that this is a fictional story and that stories sometimes give animals attributes that they don't really have. (See Benchmarks for Science Literacy, 5A The Living Environment: Diversity of Life (K-2) #3). Ask them to give an example from this story. (The obvious answer is the talking bat.) You can also reinforce concepts in benchmark 6D The Human Organism: Learning (K-2) #1 by asking students to note which senses the characters will need to learn about the thing found in caves.
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Created : 01/07/2003 |