Project Title: Save the Gorillas?
Mission:
How can we help to save the gorillas?
Culminating / Take Action Project
Create a 3D gorilla pop-up awareness card to share why gorillas are special and what we can do to help save them.
What Kids Learn
Students learn about what makes gorillas special, why they are endangered, who is helping, and how they can contribute to their conservation. Students engage in a series of science citizenship activities. They learn that gorillas are super learners and have great memories, can learn sign language, and also teach their young how to survive in a troop. Students also learn that all four species of gorillas are endangered and what threats they face. Students then take action by raising awareness about how they can help save the gorillas by creating a 3D gorilla pop-up awareness card.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Learner
Subject: Life science, Earth Science and ELA
Grade: K-2
Topic: Animal survival and structures, Animal families, habitats and ecosystems.
Project preview
Project Materials
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Teacher
Materials
Teacher's Guide
Materials List
Student Mission Log
Intro + Life Habits
Learner
Life Habit Activity
Intro & Life Habit Visuals
Read:
Build Background
Magazine
Take Action:
Hands-On Activities
Take Action Project
Hands-On Activities
Take Action
Project Booklet
Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
- Writing Standards W1,2,4,5,6,7,9 for grades K-2.
- Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6.
NGSS Standards:
- K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
- K-ESS2-2: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
- K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
- K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
- 1-LS1-2: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
- 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
- 2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
- NGSS SEP: Asking questions, developing models, obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
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