Susana

=Tess Susana= The San Diego Zoo is world renown for its innovative and cutting edge animal environments. Another city is hoping to follow in the footsteps of this famous zoo. How can we help? In this unit, students will understand the importance of learning about their environment and other environments. In order to build a zoo, students must first explore animal and plant life and how the environment affects their survival. In addition, students will learn how an animal adapts to their environment. Students will choose a biome, gather facts and information about the biome, its animals, and plant life. From this information, they will write a detailed report. Furthermore, students will create a diorama and flipchart high lighting the important facts in their report. From their flipchart, they will present an oral presentation to the class. Finally, students will link together 3 or 4 dioramas to create a "zoo" habitat. || What do I already know: -How to create a timeline and "exit slips" or activities to check for understanding of the content -What the students end project might look like. -How to assess student evidence -Creating rubrics || What do I need to work on: -Asking open ended questions throughout the unit -Asking big picture essentials questions throughout the unit -Having my students develop questioning skills ||
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 * Identify a problem from your classroom proven difficult to teach and for students to learn: The Science Content is difficult to teach. When students can not access grade level text, it provides a hurdle to teach any of the content. ||
 * **Think about which areas you would like to focus your learning and write your initial goal(s) for the course: My goal is to provide other resources for students who have difficulty accessing the basal texts. I would like to incorporate using OneNote as their Science Journals.** ||
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 * **Unit Portfolio Link on Google Docs:**

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-jwmXFzvaOjRTFESG5XNk5QSWc ||