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1st Grade Teachers

During this unit, Students will observe offspring in an ecosystem and ask questions about the behaviors they have to survive to adulthood.

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  • Schedules
  • Additional Resources

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Lessons and Standards

Platform: Kelp Forest

NGSS Alignment

  • Cross-Cutting Concepts: Observing Patterns
  • SE Practice: Asking Questions
  • Integrates the following DCIs:
    • Life Science: 1 – LSI – A, Structure and Function
    • Life Science: 1 – LSI – D, Information Processing

STEM Discovery Process: Make a Difference, Explore & Wonder

Unit Summary

Updated summary coming spring 2021

Schedules

  • Adams Elementary
  • Central Elementary
  • Cherokee Point Elementary
  • Edison Elementary
  • Euclid Elementary
  • Franklin Elementary
  • Joyner Elementary
  • Hamilton Elementary
  • Normal Heights Elementary
  • Rosa Parks Elementary
  • Rowan Elementary

Additional Resources

  • Kelp Forest Information
    • What is a kelp forest? (NOAA National Ocean Service)
    • Kelp Forests: A Description (NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries)
    • Kelp Forest (Monterey Bay Aquarium)
  •  Lesson Plans and Activities
    • Kelp Forest Live Cam (Monterey Bay Aquarium)
    • Kelp Forest Live Cam (Birch Aquarium)
      • “Kelp Forest Bingo” Activity (Birch Aquarium)
    • “Fish for a Day” Lesson Plan (Aquarium of the Pacific)
    • “Crabs: Claws and Shells” Lesson Plan (Monterey Bay Aquarium)
  • Science Careers
    • Skype a Scientist

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