How will your choices How will your choices today impact your today impact your tomorrow?tomorrow?

Applicable Standard(s): 6b. Students know different natural energy and material resources, including air, soil, rocks, minerals, petroleum, fresh water, wildlife, and forests, and classify them as renewable or nonrenewable.

•Grade Level: 6th

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CollaboratorsCollaboratorsRocio Valdovinos, Sherman Oaks,

Campbell UnifiedZoila Esquivel, Sherman Oaks,

Campbell UnifiedDebbie Irvin, Pine Valley Middle,

San Ramon Valley Unified

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SummarySummaryWhen students have a good

understanding of what makes a resource renewable or nonrenewable, their choices will be influenced by a consideration of the impact they have on the environment.

Students will sort resources into renewable and nonrenewable categories, explore the interactions between a food resource and the environment, and practice solutions in their school cafeteria.

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Lesson OutlineLesson OutlineDay 1: Opener Potato Chip Life CyclePicture Sort Card Game

Renewable vs. Nonrenewable

Day 2: Can You Dig It?http://lessonopoly.org/node/7892

Day 3: Story of Two Strawberry Jamshttp://www.creativechange.net/crc/unit/detail/9/

Day 4: A Day In Your Life http://www.creativechange.net/crc/unit/detail/9/http://greenninja.org/

Day 5: Cafeteria Audithttp://www.creativechange.net/crc/unit/detail/9/

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Unit AssessmentUnit AssessmentHow will you check for understanding?

Students will demonstrate understanding by making choices that are influenced by a consideration of the impact they have on the environment.

How will you address language of the discipline? Students will be able to define: resource, renewable, nonrenewable, sustainability, impact and carbon footprint.

How will you check for mastery of concepts? Students will demonstrate understanding by applying their learning to in a school community service project.

BAESI July 26-28 2011: SUSTAINABILITY