Conservation: Don’t Teach Your Trash to Swim Lesson Plan

Grade Level

3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

Students will increase their awareness of the fact that what goes into our ocean can either be ingested by marine animals, entangle marine animals or wash out of the ocean as litter on the shore. The student knows that reusing, reducing, and recycling natural resources improves and protects the quality of life.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Science SC.D. 2.2.1: The student knows that reusing, recycling, and reducing the use of natural resources improve and protect the quality of life.
Social Studies SS.B.2.2.4: The student understands how factors such as population growth, human migration, improved methods of transportation and communication, and economic development affect the use and conservation of natural resources.

National Standards:

Content Standard F (K-4) – Changes in Environments: Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad. Pollution is a change in the environment that can influence the health, survival, or activities of organisms, including humans.
Content Standard F (5-8) – Natural Hazards: Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. Such activities can accelerate many natural changes.