Big Questions: What do plants need to grow? Small Question: How do sunlight, water and other variables affect plant growth? Objective: Students will be able to determine how light, water and other variables affect plant growth. Materials: Water bottles and sunscreen. JTREE will provide remaining materials. Vocabulary: Root, Stem, Leaves,
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
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
Big Questions: How does a desert oasis support plants and animals? Small Question: Why is matter movement important? Objective: By the end of this 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 the
Big Questions: How does a desert oasis support plants and animals? Small Question: Why is matter movement important? Objective: By the end of this 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 the
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
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
Learning History - Pending new material from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation
Learning History - Pending new material from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation
Learning History - Pending new material from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation
Learning History - Pending new material from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation
Learning History - Pending new material from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Objective: Students will learn about the history of the lands on which we live and the Mojave Desert where Joshua Tree National Park exists. A guest presenter from 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians (Tribal Historic Preservation
