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__Trezure Zagers Rainforests Around the World/Conservation/Grade 6 www.rainforestthematicunit,wikispaces.com Day 5: Conservation__

//**What will students accomplish/be able to do at the end of this lesson?**// ||< 1)Students will be able to understand and practice what it means to be eco friendly 2)Students will be able to identify natural resources of the rainforests 3)Students will be able to apply ideas and conepts from another part of the world to their own lives. 4)Students will be able to use critical thinking and imagine hypothetical situations 5)Students will be able to analyze a novel through literary components and content. || //**Teacher Activities/Student Activities**// ||< # The students will begin by presenting their literature circles to the class. __Post Assessmen__t: Videos serve as visual aids/enhance learning creating lists showing/explaining cause and effect relationships giving students extra time to write their reflections and complete the test. ||
 * < **Learning Objectives**
 * < **NCSS Theme/Sunshine State Standards** ||< * **SS.6.G.2.1. Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative locations have influenced settlement, interactions, and the economies of ancient civilizations of the world. ** ||
 * < **Student Activities & Procedures**
 * 1) They will use some kind of visual aid and provide literary elements and connections to our thematic unit on the rainforest.
 * 2) Each student will write a one page report about their experience in their literature circles.
 * 3) Begin an open discussion with the class about what it means to be eco friendly.
 * 4) Use a graphic organizer to record students' responses.
 * 5) Show the students these two videos about saving the rainforest and the effects it has on the environment: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-M632QC7Cw and @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBFRZbN0p7U&feature=related
 * 6) Have the students make a list of the natural resources we get from the rainforests.
 * 7) Now have the students analyze cause and effect relationships by predicting what will happen if the rainforests are not preserved over the years to come.
 * 8) Emphasize the importance of conservation in the rainforest; it is the home to plants, animals, and people, and is important in many other ways.
 * 9) Have the students write a reflection about how they can help be eco friendly.
 * 10) The students will be given a unit test over the materials they've been learning the past 4 days (multiple choice/short answer). ||
 * < **Resources/Materials** ||< * student visual aids for presentations
 * graphic organizers
 * two videos: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-M632QC7Cw  and @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBFRZbN0p7U&feature=related
 * white board
 * markers
 * paper
 * pencil
 * tests ||
 * < **Assessment** ||< __Pre-Assessment:__
 * Discussion about what is means to be eco friendly
 * Unit test will be graded
 * literature circle presentations
 * one page reflections will be turned in. ||
 * < **Exceptionalities** ||< graphic organizers
 * < **Discussion Note**s ||