Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Healthy Beaches

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

K

Overview

In this activity, students describe their experiences with beaches, compare and contrast photographs of beaches, and brainstorm how humans living near the ocean affect ocean plants and animals.

    Science (2015) Grade(s): KG

    SC15.K.6

    Identify and plan possible solutions (e.g., reducing, reusing, recycling) to lessen the human impact on the local environment.*

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SC15.K.6

    Vocabulary

    • Identify
    • Plan
    • Solution
    • Human impact
    • Local
    • Environment
    • Reduce
    • Reuse
    • Recycle
    • Causes
    • Create
    • Ask
    • Imagine
    • Improve

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Human impact can have both positive and negative impact on the environment.
    • We can create possible solutions to reduce the negative impacts on the environment.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Identify possible solutions to lessen human impact on the environment.
    • Plan possible solutions to lessen human impact on the environment.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Human impact has a positive and negative effect on the local environment.
    • There are solutions that can lessen the negative impacts on a local environment.

    Scientific and Engineering Practices

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Crosscutting Concepts

    Cause and Effect
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    National Geographic
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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