Grade Level matrix

Peninsula District Environmental Education Matrix

Essential Questions	Concepts and interdisciplinary unit	Math; Problem Solving	Language Arts, Reading, Communication, Writing	Science	Social Studies	Curriculum Resources	School Site	Thinking Skills
Kindergarten How do people learn about their environment?	Territories: Self & others in the environment Unit-Journal about nature for self and parents	Amount of garbage	Journal of seasons, patterns in nature	Recycle Plants Animals Weather Bears Beaches Sea life Dinosaurs Insects Pond life	Families Native America Seasons All about me? Responsibility Friends	PLT # 2, 21,22, 37, 43, 61, 64, 65,78, 79 WILD p.98, 108, 112, 118, 228	Experiencing natural world	Observation Finding patterns
First How do personal decisions affect the habitat of wildlife?	Habitats: Human & wildlife Unit-Tour or video of schoolyard habitat	Measuring trees, flowers, maps	Pen pals with videos & drawings Class letters	Plants Habitat/Environment Health Nutrition	Maps Family	PLT # 16, 24, 25, 41, 43, 46, 47, 77, 87 WILD p. 12, 30, 32, 34, 36	Finding habitats in school & out in the schoolyard	Finding evidence
Second How do the physical features of the environment affect people?	Environments People & Ecosystems Cycles & relationships Unit-Booklet on how the physical features of the environment affect Native American People in 5 regions in the U.S.	Sized of landforms graphs money systems	Cultures Library skills	Marine life Weather Insects Animal Classification Ecosystems Deserts Rainforests Temperate Forests Tundra	Early Americans Native Americans Pilgrims Pioneers Rainforest issues Geography – mapping skills Dinosaurs Diverse cultures	PLT # 6, 8, 10, 18, 20, 49 WILD p.116, 254	Ecosystem components: soil, water, wildlife, air	Observation
Third How do communities interact with water in their environment?	System, local communities, water: Govt., environment, & economy: Gig Harbor museum curriculum Unit-Water pamphlet that students create for their community	Climate comparisons, temperature, etc. Demographics of West Coast	Pen pals to Mexico: Social & not, Environment, animals, water, soils, topography	Recycle Fungi Marine Biology Geology Arctic Animals	Map skills Government (elections, WA DC) Native Americans Community Martin Luther King Arctic Mexico W. Coast (WA, Alaska & Mexico, Canada) Native people	PLT # 7, 38, 40, 44, 45, 48, 76 WILD p. 10, 26,82, 100, 120, 224	Data gathering Weather info	Compare & Contrast
Fourth How have the use of forests helped shape the cultures & traditions in Washington State yesterday, today and tomorrow?	Cultures & Traditions: Forests as resources Salmon Biology Unit-Students create a brochure about Forests of Washington	Inventory school site for land use & associated resources to demographics	WA state historical figures: Peter Puget G Vane Chief Seattle Contemporary: Gov. Locke Billy Frank	Tree Forest Ecosystem Animal Classification Salmon Biology	WA State History Continents, cultures, map skills WA State Geography & Economics Pioneers U.S. Regions Pacific Northwest	PLT # 32, 36, 48, 70, 80, 81, 89, 90, 91, 92 WILD p. 110, 274, 304 FOW FOW-History Journal of Forestry-Nov. 97 Forest Practices pamphlet Aqu WILD p. 76, 176 WET p.219	Land use School uses of resources	Decision making Predicting Cause & effect
Fifth How do people work together to make decisions about the environment?	Conflict & Change: Water as a resource Using the land: growing population Salmon economics & politics (decision making) Unit-Students create a newspaper looking at an environmental issue	Bridge	Historical US Novels Reports: oral & written Source materials about bridge list and cont.	Wetlands Marine Biology Outdoor Camp Wetlands Geology - Gig Harbor Body Systems - car exhaust, community	U.S. History - democracy (civics) States U.S. Government Salmon Issues	PLT # 4, 56, 57, 58, 59, 82, 88, 91, 92 WILD p.22, 46, 126, 134, 170, 258, 266, 284 Aqu WILD p.110, 134	Watershed Non-Point Pollution	Problem solving Predicting
Sixth How has technology affected life along the major rivers of the world?	Geography/maps Ancient civilization Technology Research Traits of writing School to work Modes of writing Unit-Students develop a group presentation on technology’s effect along major rivers	Metric measures Number operations Problem-solving Graphs/statistics Decimals/operations Fractions/operations	Letter writing Grammar/spelling Conventions Vocabulary dev. Writing process Holocaust Autobiography Intro to poetry Newspaper genres	Scientific method Properties of matter Laws of motion (gravity) Electricity/magnetism Properties of light (electro/mag.) Metric system	Map Skills Cultural universals Mesopotania Egypt Greece India/China Africa	PLT # 49, 50, 51, 93, Wild p. 13, 15, 128, 190, 213, 215 FOW p.150 PLT-S-Forest Ecology #7, 8 FOW-H #9		Timelines/zones Lat/long directions Lib/comp/internet Cause/effect Restarting skills Reading comp Oral presentations Following directions Cooperative learning Interpretation Summarizing
Seventh How do natural/people resources around he world affect the socio-economic level of residents?	Technology Research Traits of writing School to work Life science Unit-Students develop a written, oral, or visual presentation describing how natural resources affect the socio-economic level of the residents of 3 countries	Metric measures Geometry Ratio/prop/percent Area and volume Equations Integers Problem-solving	Vocabulary development Writing process Biography Conventions Poetry Magazine Genres Oral presentations	Scientific method Life sciences Kingdoms of living Comparative anatomy of human body Classification Metric system	Map skills Cultural universals Japan China Rome Middle East/Islamic Africa Americas (Aztecs/Incas)	PLT # 5, 10, 68, 94, 95 Wild p. 15, 47, 91, 125, 135, 141, 151 FOW p.12, 22, 62, 80 PLT-S-Forest Ecology #3, 4, 5, 7 FOW-H #9 IYE		Comprehending Analyzing Interpreting Predicting Estimating Solving problems Compare/contrast Formulating questions Classifying Discussing Observing Relationships & patterns
Eighth How has the physical geology of the earth contributed to the distribution of natural resources and people around the world and in the U.S.?	Influence of physical ecology on culture. Technology Research Traits of writing School to work Unit-Students develop a web page that illustrates how the physical geologic processes affect sociological movements and developments	Calculate/int data Metric measures Integers Equations Probability Problem-solving	Letter writing Conventions Writing stories Vocabulary development Newspaper/journalism Technical writing Genres Oral presentations	Physical geology Plate tectonics Volcanoes: earth science Oceans Earth’s atmosphere Scientific method/metric system Astronomy	Maps/regions/US Exploration Colonization Revolutionary War US Constitution/ government Westward expansion Civil War Holocaust	PLT # 35, 38, 39, 40, 49, 50, 51, 67, 72, 73, 75, 85, 90, 92 Wild p. 83, 121, 139, 147, 169, 171, 175, 193, 205, 217, 219 FOW p.4, 84, 90, 102, 118, 176 PLT-S-Forest Ecology #2, 7 FOW-H #1, 3, 4, 9, IYE		Reasoning Discussing Researching Interpreting Composing Predicting Organizing Solving problems Establishing criteria Defining problems Summarizing

Revised: February 01, 2005