Profile Sheet Original Title: Scientists Address the Changing Sea Turtle Population Primary Subject Area: Science Outside Subject Area: Language Arts Description of student roles and problem situation: The Students will be divided into two different groups where the first group will act as environmentalist. The environments will work closely with investigations of the current beach environments in hopes to find solutions for the Sea Turtles. The second group will be the concerned residents in the Bay County Area particularly the beach residents. Both groups will work on investigating the current beach environments and researching the Sea Turtles beach environments. The students will research possible solutions and share these solutions within their group. As a group, they will decide on the “best” solution and present it to the audience of parents, school administrators, fellow students, FWC environmentalists, and concerned Panama City Beach residents. Teacher: Lauren Abbott Grade level: 5th Grade Adaptations for Students from Non-Western culture: Include resources from the student’s culture Include audience members from the student’s culture Research values system of culture and align instructional techniques and classroom activities with these value systems. Adaptations for ESOL Student: Include resources in the student’s first language Use community resources to include a representative speaking the student’s first language in the audience for presentations Allow students to present in first language Allow native language dictionaries Title, Learner Characteristics, and Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Teacher: Ms. Abbott Title: Environmentalists explore the expanding beach factors affecting the Sea Turtle population. Primary Subject Area: Science Outside Subject Area: Language Arts Class and Level: Life Science (Regular) Grade Level: 5th Grade Primary Sunshine State Standards: Science- 5
Profile Sheet Original Title: Scientists Address the Changing Sea Turtle Population Primary Subject Area: Science Outside Subject Area: Language Arts Description of student roles and problem situation: The Students will be divided into two different groups where the first group will act as environmentalist. The environments will work closely with investigations of the current beach environments in hopes to find solutions for the Sea Turtles. The second group will be the concerned residents in the Bay County Area particularly the beach residents. Both groups will work on investigating the current beach environments and researching the Sea Turtles beach environments. The students will research possible solutions and share these solutions within their group. As a group, they will decide on the “best” solution and present it to the audience of parents, school administrators, fellow students, FWC environmentalists, and concerned Panama City Beach residents. Teacher: Lauren Abbott Grade level: 5th Grade Adaptations for Students from Non-Western culture: Include resources from the student’s culture Include audience members from the student’s culture Research values system of culture and align instructional techniques and classroom activities with these value systems. Adaptations for ESOL Student: Include resources in the student’s first language Use community resources to include a representative speaking the student’s first language in the audience for presentations Allow students to present in first language Allow native language dictionaries Title, Learner Characteristics, and Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Teacher: Ms. Abbott Title: Environmentalists explore the expanding beach factors affecting the Sea Turtle population. Primary Subject Area: Science Outside Subject Area: Language Arts Class and Level: Life Science (Regular) Grade Level: 5th Grade Primary Sunshine State Standards: Science- 5
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