Grade Level

3rd-5th Grade

Objectives

Students will construct their own meaning from a variety of legends and myths about dolphins and then create their own dolphin legend or myth.

Florida Sunshine State Standards:

Language Arts LA.A.2.2.5 The student reads and organizes information for a variety of purposes, including
making a report, conducting interviews, taking a test, and performing an authentic task.
Language Arts LA.B.1.2 The student uses the writing processes effectively.
Social Studies SS.A.1.2.1: The student understands how individuals, ideas, decisions, and events can influence history.
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.
Science SC.G.1.2.2 The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.

National Standards:

Content Standard C (K-4) – Characteristics of Organisms: Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
Content Standard C (5-8) – Diversity and adaptations of Organisms: Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance
survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.