Green Curriculum

Grade 4

UNIT 1: ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT

Describe the ways that humans:
- Depend on their natural and constructed environment.
- Have changed their environment over time. LE 7.1a,b
Identify examples where human activity has had a beneficial or harmful effect on other organisms (e.g., deforestation).
- Endangered species:
  - http://www.fws.gov/endangered/kids/index.html
  - http://www.epa.gov/espp/coloring/
- Additional/extension (A/E):
  - Water Pollution
    http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/pathtocleanwater.htm

UNIT 2: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Describe how electricity can be helpful or harmful to people (safety).
- A/E:
  - Investigate ways to save electricity
    - Different Sources of Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/
    - Energy Use:
      http://www.energyhog.org/adult/educators.htm
      http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/
      http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index
      This is an activity about "energy vampires":
      http://www.epa.gov/region02/sustainability/greencommunities/vampire_ed_tool.html

UNIT 3: PROPERTIES OF WATER

Observe, de scribe, and explore the physical properties of water: PS 3.1a, b PS .1c,d,e
- Color, texture, odor, sound
- Ch anges in shape
- Changes in the amount of space occupied (compare using containers of different shapes and sizes).
- Volume, mass (weight)
Describe the Water Cycle. PS 2.1c LE 6.2c
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/
Water is recycled by natural processes on Earth PS 3.2 a,b
- Precipitation
- Condensation
- Evaporation
  - Evaporation Lab Activity:
    http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/ww_disap.pdf
- A/E:
  - Water is a natural resource
    - General Water Usage Site: www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
    - Water Quality Site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/
  - The amount of drinking water on Earth is limited
    - Water Savers Workbook:
      http://nyc.gov/html/dep/html/environmental_education/workbook.shtml
  - Investigate ways to conserve water
    http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=air_water

UNIT 4: INTERACTIONS OF AIR, WATER, AND LAND

Describe and illustrate the natural processes by which water is recycled on earth (e.g., ground water, runoff). PS 2.1c
- A/E:
  - Citizen Science: Water Quality Testing
    http://www.nycgovparks.org/kids/index.php?page=citsci

	Green Curriculum Grade 4 UNIT 1: ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT Describe the ways that humans: Depend on their natural and constructed environment. Have changed their environment over time. LE 7.1a,b Identify examples where human activity has had a beneficial or harmful effect on other organisms (e.g., deforestation). Endangered species: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/kids/index.html http://www.epa.gov/espp/coloring/ Additional/extension (A/E): Water Pollution http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/pathtocleanwater.htm UNIT 2: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM Describe how electricity can be helpful or harmful to people (safety). A/E: Investigate ways to save electricity Different Sources of Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/ Energy Use: http://www.energyhog.org/adult/educators.htm http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/ http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index This is an activity about "energy vampires": http://www.epa.gov/region02/sustainability/greencommunities/vampire_ed_tool.html UNIT 3: PROPERTIES OF WATER Observe, de scribe, and explore the physical properties of water: PS 3.1a, b PS .1c,d,e Color, texture, odor, sound Ch anges in shape Changes in the amount of space occupied (compare using containers of different shapes and sizes). Volume, mass (weight) Describe the Water Cycle. PS 2.1c LE 6.2c http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/ Water is recycled by natural processes on Earth PS 3.2 a,b Precipitation Condensation Evaporation Evaporation Lab Activity: http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/ww_disap.pdf A/E: Water is a natural resource General Water Usage Site: www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm Water Quality Site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/ The amount of drinking water on Earth is limited Water Savers Workbook: http://nyc.gov/html/dep/html/environmental_education/workbook.shtml Investigate ways to conserve water http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=air_water UNIT 4: INTERACTIONS OF AIR, WATER, AND LAND Describe and illustrate the natural processes by which water is recycled on earth (e.g., ground water, runoff). PS 2.1c A/E: Citizen Science: Water Quality Testing http://www.nycgovparks.org/kids/index.php?page=citsci