Grade 1: Milkweed and Butterflies

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How do plants and animals grow and change? Small Question: What are the best conditions for a milkweed to grow? What is the life cycle of a butterfly? Objective: Students will learn the best conditions for a milkweed's growth and survival. Students will also learn about the life

Grade 2: Plant Growth

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: What do plants need to grow? Small Question: How do sunlight and water affect plant growth? Objective: Students will be able to determine how light and water affect plant growth. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will provide remaining materials. Vocabulary:  Root, Stem, Leaves, Flower, Petal, Photosynthesis, Sunlight,

Grade 1: Milkweed and Butterflies

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How do plants and animals grow and change? Small Question: What are the best conditions for a milkweed to grow? What is the life cycle of a butterfly? Objective: Students will learn the best conditions for a milkweed's growth and survival. Students will also learn about the life

Grade 2: Plant Growth

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: What do plants need to grow? Small Question: How do sunlight and water affect plant growth? Objective: Students will be able to determine how light and water affect plant growth. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will provide remaining materials. Vocabulary:  Root, Stem, Leaves, Flower, Petal, Photosynthesis, Sunlight,

Grade 3: Desert Willow

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How do plants survive in a desert habitat? Small Question: What does the desert willow need to survive in the desert? Objective: Students will be able to describe the desert habitat, the desert willow, and how it survives in the desert. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will

Grade 2: Plant Growth

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: What do plants need to grow? Small Question: How do sunlight and water affect plant growth? Objective: Students will be able to determine how light and water affect plant growth. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will provide remaining materials. Vocabulary:  Root, Stem, Leaves, Flower, Petal, Photosynthesis, Sunlight,

Grade 3: Desert Willow

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How do plants survive in a desert habitat? Small Question: What does the desert willow need to survive in the desert? Objective: Students will be able to describe the desert habitat, the desert willow, and how it survives in the desert. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will

Grade 4: Plant Adaptations

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: What structures help animals and plants survive in the desert? Small Question: What are internal and external structures? Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to construct an argument that explains how plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support

Grade 4: Plant Adaptations

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

  Big Questions: What structures help animals and plants survive in the desert? Small Question: What are internal and external structures? Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to construct an argument that explains how plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to

Grade 5: Decomposing the Desert

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How does a desert oasis support plants and animals? Small Question: Why is matter movement important? Objective: By the end of this 60-minute lesson, aligned with standard 5-LS2-1, students will be able to: Develop a simple model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and

Grade 6: Pollinating the Desert

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How can an environment be altered to maintain biodiversity of an ecosystem? Small Question: How can we attract and support diverse populations of native pollinators? Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to analyze a desert ecosystem, construct an evidence-based argument explaining how changes

Grade 6: Pollinating the Desert

Oasis Elementary School 73175 El Paseo Drive, Twentynine Palms, United States

Big Questions: How can an environment be altered to maintain biodiversity of an ecosystem? Small Question: How can we attract and support diverse populations of native pollinators? Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to analyze a desert ecosystem, construct an evidence-based argument explaining how changes