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3D1 Primary Sources Lesson Plan


 * NARA:** Students will use the NARA worksheets to document the information for the lesson plan on Wetlands utilizing the six online primary resources including a handbook, photograph activity, plant inventory, and information from the Department of Environmental Protection Agency and well as that from the Federal Government.

Living in Harmony with Wetlands – Please explore all links to this page and read about Wetlands
 * Primary Online Resources you must investigate: **

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Endangered Species

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What is wrong with this picture?

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What can you determine about the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

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How to Help with Watersheds

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Plant Inventory Activity

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 * Graphic Organizer for Project:** Students will begin by utilizing a K-W-L chart and think about everything they know or have heard about the topic. They will then determine what questions would the like to have answered and finally document all that was learned through inquiry research of primary online sources.


 * Final Product:** Students will create a PowerPoint to respond to the three central questions about Helping with our School Wetlands Project and two concerns/questions of their own from researching additional primary resources.


 * Critical Thinking Skills:** Students will demonstrate citizenship for their community and complete an activity to identify the types and number of plants in the Kettle Creek area of Renovo, and resolve a problem using their own researchable primary resources.

1. What can we do to help with the wetlands/watershed in our area of Renovo and help prevent pollution of them?
 * Three Central Questions about Watersheds/Wetlands in and near our School Environment: **

2. How can students make a difference regarding wetlands and watersheds?

3. What are the benefits of a wetland/watershed around your immediate environment?

** S4.B.3.3 **
 * Integration into the Curriculum – PA Science Anchors **
 * S4.B.3.2 **
 * Describe, explain, and predict change in natural or human-made systems and the possible effects of those changes on the environment. **
 * Identify or describe human reliance on the environment at the **
 * individual or the community level. 

Shirley, You really incorporated what we have been learning into your lesson. Critical thinking skills are a predominant part of your lesson. Very nice! ~Jennifer **