Conservation: Helping Hand Lesson Plan

Grade Level

K-2nd/3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

In a creative way, students will understand some of the threats facing dolphins & other marine mammals and will be able to identify ways they can help protect marine life.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Social Studies (K-2) SS.B.2.1.4 The student knows the role that resources play in our lives.
Social Studies (3-5) 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.
Art (K-2) VA.A.1.1.2 The student uses art materials to develop basic processes and motor skills in a safe and responsible manner.
Art (3-5) VA.A.1.2.1: (3-5) The student uses and organizes two-dimensional and three-dimensional
media, techniques, tools, and processes to produce works of are that are derived from personal experience, observation, or imagination.
Science (K-2) SC.D.2.1.1 The student understands that people influence the quality of life of those around them.
Science (3-5) 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.

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.