Active banners: 2 Visible banners: 2
Banner ID: 4 Has content: true
Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
Banner ID: 13 Has content: true
Hi, educators! Share your student reach in our short Impact Survey 📚 Survey Link
Web of Life
Provided by: Population Education |Published on: August 26, 2022
Lesson Plans Grades k-2, 3-5
Synopsis
- This lesson plan and interactive activity allows students to visualize the interconnectedness of the natural world.
- This resource includes a lesson plan, student handouts, and plenty of tools for differentiation and extension.
Subjects: Science, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Population Education
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource includes an engaging read-aloud and activity.
- Several resource types are also included to ensure that students at multiple levels are addressed during this lesson.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers will need to input their e-mail and name in order to download the lesson plan.
- Additional materials needed for this lesson include a ball of yarn, index cards or paper, and markers or crayons.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes that are discussing the interconnectedness of communities or in language arts classes that are working on reading comprehension.
- The Google Slides included are a great differentiation tool for older elementary students or students in distance learning.
- This resource would make an excellent introduction to a unit on ecosystems or interconnectedness in nature.
Scientist Notes
Teaching Tips
Standards
Resource Type and Format
About the Partner Provider
Population Education
Population Education provides K-12 teachers with innovative, hands-on lesson plans and professional development to teach about human population growth and its effects on the environment and human well-being. Human population has grown from 1 billion to 8 billion in just over 200 years, so it is critical to examine human impacts on wildlife, climate, and natural resources while working toward equality and justice for the world’s people. Through memorable, standards-aligned classroom activities like simulations, cooperative challenges, and debate, Population Education inspires students to tackle a variety of real-world problems and to become positively engaged in their communities as the next generation of leaders and policy makers.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
