Project Title: Stop the Spread
Mission:
How can we slow the spread of disease by fighting climate change?
Culminating / Take Action Project
Create an original song that educates others about the impact of climate change on disease spread or compels them to change their behavior.
What Kids Learn
In this project, students will learn the difference between weather and climate and how our climate is changing due to human activities that release greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. They’ll learn how our warming world impacts the spread of disease. Students will explore how, as the world warms, disease-carrying vectors can thrive in more areas for more extended periods, infecting a greater number of people. Students will learn ways to combat climate change and, as a result, help slow the spread of global diseases. Finally, students will take action by creating and performing an original song that teaches others about the impact of climate change on disease spread or encourages them to change their behavior.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Curiosity
Subject: Earth Science, ELA
Grade: 3-5
Topic: weather and climate, climate change, disease spread, songwriting
Project preview
Project Materials
Project Module
Student Notebook
Teacher's Guide
Materials List
Virtual Field Trips
One of our goals is to help kids connect what they are learning in our projects to the real world beyond the classroom. To achieve this, we’ve partnered with experts from around the world to help students deepen their understanding of our mission and explore interesting careers. The Stop the Spread project partners with:
Professor Camilo Mora
In this module, students meet Professor Mora, a scientist and professor who studies the impact of human activities on the natural world. Professor Mora will teach students about how climate change is impacting disease spread and share some real-world examples.
Songwriters JuanMa Sanchez and Kelsey Rodriguez
Students meet musicians and songwriters JuanMa and Kelsey. They own Soul Flow House, a music education program in Brooklyn, New York. They’ll share professional strategies and tips to help students write original songs..
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Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/Nonfiction Standards R.I. 1-10 for grades 3-5
- Reading Literature Standard R.L 5.5
- Reading Literature Standard R.L 3.2, 4.2 & 5.2
- Reading Literacy Standard L 5 & 6 for grades 3-5
- Writing Standards W. 1,4,5 for grades 3-5
- Listening and Speaking Standards SL. 1-6 for grades 3-5
NGSS Standards:
Performance Expectations (PE):
- 3-ESS2-1. Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
- 3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
- 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.
Science and Engineering Practices (SEP):
- Represent data in tables and various graphical displays (bar graphs and pictographs) to reveal patterns that indicate relationships.
- Obtain and combine information from books and other reliable media to explain phenomena.
- Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
- Develop and use models.
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI):
- ESS2.D Weather and Climate. Climate describes a range of an area’s typical weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over years
- ESS3.A Natural Resources. Energy and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources, and their use affects the environment in multiple ways. Some resources are renewable over time, and others are not.
Crosscutting Concepts (CC):
- Patterns of change can be used to make predictions.
- Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified and used to explain change.
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