Educational Services - Service Learning
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BHUSD Grade 6 Service-Learning: Adopt-a-whale
Linking Service-Learning Projects to Academic Standards Service-Learning Project: 6th Grade Science, Adopt-a-Whale Contacts: Whale Adoption Project-whale list http://www.wdcs.org/ Kerry Mazor, El Rodeo, ext. 4302 Service to the Community: Environmental Need Increase awareness of interdependence of whales to the marine ecosystem and to the biosphere. Other Resources: www.whale.org; http://www.wdcs.org/; Free Willie; Stellwagen Bank; the Cetacean Society http://www.acsonline.org/ * Connection to Character Education "The Beverly Hills Way" Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Caring, Citizenship **"Samples of Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Service-Learning Projects" in Curriculum & Assessment Guide Grade Level(s): 6th Grade Academic Focus: Science (ecology) Academic Content Standards:
5.a students know energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then from organism to organism through food webs.
5.b students know matter is transferred over time from one organism to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical environment. 5.c. students know populations of organisms can be categorized by the functions they serve in an ecosystem. 5.d students know different kinds of organisms may play similar ecological roles in similar biomes. Assessment/Reflections/Celebrations Suggested Assessments:
Curricular Activity
Research and identify different classifications and characteristics of whales using classroom, school and website libraries
Make model, drawing, or diagram of whale Study food chains that include whales Adopt a whale (by individual, partners, class) Extension: adopt other endangered species (i.e.: manatee, chimpanzee - see Jane Goodall Institute) |
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