Tools, Media & Our Earth Home
Objectives
- D10.S1.K.01 Name a tool or device people use and tell what it helps them do.
- D10.S2.K.01 Tell the difference between a real thing they see and a made-up picture or story.
- D10.S3.K.01 Observe and name a living thing and something it needs to live (sun, water, food).
- D10.S4.K.01 Do one small act of care for the environment and say why it helps.
Essential questions
- How do tools help us, and how do we tell real from make-believe?
- How do we care for the living Earth that is our home?
Big ideas
- Tools help people do things; media tells real and make-believe stories.
- Living things need care, and even small acts of care for the Earth matter.
Lessons
- 1 Tools Help Us 45 minutes
- 2 Tools All Around Me 45 minutes
- 3 Real or Make-Believe? 45 minutes
- 4 Stories Real and Pretend 45 minutes
- 5 What Living Things Need 45 minutes
- 6 Watching a Living Thing 45 minutes
- 7 Caring for Our Earth Home 45 minutes
- 8 Tools, Media & Our Earth Home 45 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of tool-talk, real-vs-make-believe sorting, and acts of care; a "care for the Earth" drawing as a portfolio artifact.
Unit 12 — Tools, Media & Our Earth Home
Overview
This unit introduces children to the tools and media humans make, and to the living Earth they depend on. They name a tool and what it helps do, tell the difference between a real thing and a made-up picture or story, observe a living thing and what it needs to live, and do one small act of care for the environment. Technology is met with neither worship nor fear, and the Earth is met as a home to care for — not a resource to consume.
Essential questions
- How do tools help us, and how do we tell real from make-believe?
- How do we care for the living Earth that is our home?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tools Help Us | D10.S1.K.01 |
| 2 | Tools All Around Me | D10.S1.K.01 |
| 3 | Real or Make-Believe? | D10.S2.K.01 |
| 4 | Stories Real and Pretend | D10.S2.K.01 |
| 5 | What Living Things Need | D10.S3.K.01 |
| 6 | Watching a Living Thing | D10.S3.K.01 |
| 7 | Caring for Our Earth Home | D10.S4.K.01 |
| 8 | Tools, Media & Our Earth Home | D10.S1.K.01, D10.S2.K.01, D10.S3.K.01, D10.S4.K.01 |