Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC) - Teach Your Grade 3 Curriculum Using Environmental Themes

Teach Your Curriculum Using Environmental Themes

Grade 3

The GEOEC is pleased to provide the following integrated themes that you can use to teach your curriculum in an environmental context. The documents are provided “as is” in Microsoft Word format to facilitate their use by teachers. These unit plans are living documents – please send your feedback to info@geoec.org.

Theme 1 - Living in Other Places

A sense of citizenship

Curriculum links for this unit:
Science Unit E: Animal Life Cycles
3-10 Describe the appearances and life cycles of some common animals, and identify their adaptations to different environments
Social Studies: Connecting with the world
3.1 Communities in the World
3.2 Global Citizenship - recognize how their actions might affect people elsewhere in the world and how the actions of others might affect them (C, GC)

respect the equality of all human beings (C, GC, I)
See also:
www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
for more information.
Activities

Depending on Others
Living in other places
Cultivate Your Commitment to Canada

Download this unit plan:
grade3-theme1.doc
(3 pages, ~240K)

Theme 2 - Listening to Nature

Sounds of natural communities

Curriculum links for this unit:
Science Unit D: Hearing and Sound
9. Compare the range of hearing in humans to that in other animals; e.g., dogs and bats
13. Explain the role that sound plays in communication.
Social Studies: Connecting with the world
There is no obvious link to this unit other than listening and appreciating different communities in the natural environment and comparing this with natural communities around the world.
See also:
www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
for more information.
Activities

Sound Map
LISTEN
Deer Ears
What ears are they?

Download this unit plan:
grade3-theme2.doc
(3 pages, ~240K)

Theme 3 - Depending on Others

Endangered species and life cycles

Curriculum links for this unit:
Science Unit A: Rocks and Minerals
Describe ways in which rocks break down to become soil, and demonstrate one or more of these ways.
Science Unit E: Animal Life Cycles
8. Identify examples of environmental conditions that may threaten animal survival, and identify examples of extinct animals.
9. Recognize that habitat preservation can help maintain animal populations, and identify ways that student actions can assist habitat preservation.
Social Studies: Connecting with the world
3.1 Communities in the World
See also:
www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
for more information.
Activities

Weird Webs
A Special Place
So What's the Big Deal?
How Do Species Become Extinct?
What's Endangered?
What About Globally?

Download this unit plan:
grade3-theme3.doc
(3 pages, ~245K)

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