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 * __Problem-based learning question__ **

**Why are trees important to animals and insects?**

** //__PBL Instructional Unit__// ** __**Logistics**__

**Unit Title:** My World and Me **Grade Level:** 1st **Subject:** Science **Duration:** 7 days

__**Goals**__

**Problem:** How do tress support the existence of animals and insects? **Technology Standard(s):** //**Creativity and innovation**// Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes

**//Communication and Collaboration//** Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboritively, including at a distnce, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

**Content Standard(s):** **S1L1.** Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals. a. Identify the basic needs of a plant. 1. Air 2. Water 3. Light 4. Nutrients b. Identify the basic needs of an animal. 1. Air 2. Water 3. Food 4. Shelter d. Compare and describe various animals—appearance, motion, growth, basic needs.

**ELA1R6.** The student uses a variety of strategies to understand and gain meaning from grade-level text. a. Reads and listens to a variety of texts for information and pleasure. f. Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.

**ELA1W1.** The student begins to understand the principles of writing. k. Begins to use a variety of resources (picture dictionaries, the Internet, books) and strategies to gather information to write about a topic. **Prerequisite Skills:** The student should be able to identify a plant as a living organism. The student should be able to identify the similarities and differences between plants, animals, and insects. The student should understand the basic needs of plants and animals. The student should be able to identify the various parts of a plant. **Objectives, Outcomes, or Framing Question:** Why are trees important to animals and insects?