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Biomes, Food Chains, and Land Features (Flex Class)

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Ages 8-12
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In this four week flex class, students will learn about different biomes of animals, the ocean structure, and the landforms on Earth, while participating in a series of activities to engage students in research and exploration.
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Homework
1 hour per week. Students will be provided weekly activities for enrichment. While not mandatory for completion, they will complement each weeks' instructional video and help students be successful in the weekly quiz and break out room.
Assessment
Students will complete a break out room each week, requiring information from the week's instructional video. Completion of the break out room will demonstrate mastery of each week's content.

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
In this class, students will learn about biomes, food chains and food webs, and land features throughout four weeks. Students will participate in a series of activities to engage their learning, while also promoting interaction in the classroom. Each week, students will view an instructional video that will be posted on Monday of that week. Students will then participate in daily discussion board posts, responding to questions posed by the teacher, and have weekly activities to do. Every Friday, students will complete a digital break out room using information from the week's lessons, and are encouraged to support each other in the classroom to help solve the puzzle by providing hints of how they solved it.  

Each week, students will go through the following for their lesson:

Week 1: Biomes (Terrestrial and Aquatic)
-Video: students will watch the instructional video that will cover the different types of biomes and what classifies each biome as either  terrestrial or aquatic, as well as examples of different animals that may inhabit them. Note Taker will be provided to be used with video.
-Activity: Students will complete "What am I?" worksheet where they will try to determine what animal it is by clues regarding the biome they live in, and physical characteristics of the animal. 
-Discussion Board: Students will answer daily questions in the classroom. Students will also be encouraged to help each other regarding the Break Out Room to help solve the problems. This can be done as a comment below the break out code link each week.


Week 2: Food Chains, Food Webs, and how Ecosystems
-Video: students will watch the instructional video that will cover the differences between food chains, food webs, and how animals survive and adapt when ecosystems are harmed or changed. Note Taker will be provided to be used with video.
-Activity: Students will complete "Who Eats Who" worksheet in which they will determine the order of eating in a food chain and a food web, as well as create one of each of their own for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. 
-Discussion Board: Students will answer daily questions in the classroom. Students will also be encouraged to help each other regarding the Break Out Room to help solve the problems.  This can be done as a comment below the break out code link each week.


Week 3: Ocean Structure and Ocean Floor
-Video: students will watch the instructional video that will cover the ocean structure and the ocean floor, including the intertidal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone, and the ocean shore lines including barrier islands, beaches, inlets, and estuaries. Note Taker will be provided for students.
-Activity: Students will read an article from SuperScience! Magazine regarding deep sea exploration and answer questions to support the exploration of Mariana's Trench, the deepest known part of the ocean. Students will also be given a map of the ocean floor to label.
-Discussion Board: Students will answer daily questions in the classroom. Students will also be encouraged to help each other regarding the Break Out Room to help solve the problems.  This can be done as a comment below the break out code link each week.

Week 4: Earth Landforms
-Video: students will watch the instructional video that will cover the different types of landforms and the characteristics that make them unique due to weathering, erosion and deposition. Note Taker will be provided to be used with video.
-Activity: Students will complete "weathering, erosion, or deposition?" worksheet where students will determine from different forces whether the land feature was formed through one of the three processes.
-Discussion Board: Students will answer daily questions in the classroom. Students will also be encouraged to help each other regarding the Break Out Room to help solve the problems.  This can be done as a comment below the break out code link each week.
-Kahoot: Students will be provided a final review Kahoot to review concepts learned in class in preparation for the final quiz for mastery of concepts

Links will be provided each week for the break out rooms and will be available for the week. In addition, Kahoot will be made available in the final week for review.

Live sessions are available upon request if needed. There are no scheduled live meetings.

Learning Goals

Students will learn about the different biomes and their characteristics, including terrestrial (cold and warm) and aquatic (fresh and salt water), as well as food chains, food webs, and what affects populations of animals. Students will also learn about ocean features (including deep sea and beaches), land and ocean structures, erosion, weathering, and deposition.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Students will participate in virtual activities found on breakoutedu.com and kahoot.com. Direct links to games will be provided, however students have ability to play other games on these sites. Parental guidance is advised.
Supply List
Students will be provided hand-outs for notes to keep for their possession each week, along with printable resources for activities. Students will also need a pencil to complete activities.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Students will be given weekly links to break out rooms, and other resources, including SuperScience!. Class code will be provided in the classroom discussion board for related content.

Meet the teacher

Joined January, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Doctoral Degree from Concordia Univerity
Master's Degree in Science from Kaplan University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of North Carolina Wilmington
I am a 5th grade teacher, and have taught middle school science for 8 years from 6-8th grade. I am licensed as a science teacher from 6-12 grade, with a Masters in Science Education. I like making learning relate to real world experiences so students can connect to material easier than standard memorization. I review in a flow pattern that starts with basic information and expands into complex information to assist students with retention. 

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