NorthEast Washington ESD 101

Plant and Animal Structures (L)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

An ecosystem is the living and nonliving things that interact with one another in a specific area. Within ecosystems are smaller habitats, which are the places where living things can meet their basic needs—water, air, a food source (or sunlight for plants), and a shelter. Ecosystem Diversity provides hands-on, inquiry based investigations focused on phenomena that support concepts related to organisms interacting in their habitats. Through a series of five lessons, students identify different habitats, determine the growth patterns of plants, explore plants’ dependence on animals, recognize the diversity of living things, and consider their own impact on the world around them.

Note: This kit uses preserved animal matter for dissection. Items used in the dissection process must be washed or disposed of as instructed on inventory sheet.

Supplied Literature

Teacher Prep Videos

• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2
• Lesson 3
• Lesson 4
• Lesson 5
• Lesson 6
• Squid Dissection (External)
• Squid Dissection (Internal)
• Brain Dissection
• Eye Dissection

Vocabulary Resources

• Kahoot
• Quizlet

Muscle Models and Seed Comparisons (L)

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

Students make a working model to show how muscles work. They also talk about and compare different kinds of sprouted seeds.

Changing Earth (E)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

Building on students’ knowledge of soil and erosion, this unit introduces how the distinctive features of the earth came to be. The layers of the earth, tectonic plates and the rock cycle add to student understanding of erosion and the systems that make up earth. Stream tables are taken to next level as students create their own maps of their river systems. Where did all that eroded sediment go? Students also build their own sedimentary rock as they learn how deltas form and grow.

Teacher Prep Videos

• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2
• Lesson 3
• Lesson 4
• Lesson 5
• Lesson 6

Vocabulary Resources

• Kahoot
• Quizlet

Studying Imitation Rocks and Catastrophic Events

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

Students engage in an exploration of the physical properties of mock rocks. They also conduct comparisons between various catastrophic events analyzing their locations, causes, risk reduction strategies, and related factors.

Energy Works (P)

Curricula: Carolina Building Blocks of Science (BBS) 

Focusing on themselves, students review different kinds of energy and how it’s converted in a system: energy their bodies produce, potential and kinetic energy, the motion of waves, plus alternative forms of energy. They engineer a waterwheel, then a wind turbine. By the end of the unit, they can pose a question they’ve wondered about and engineer a device to answer it.

Teacher Prep Videos

• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2
• Lesson 3
• Lesson 4
• Lesson 5
• Lesson 6

Vocabulary Resources

• Kahoot
• Quizlet

Exploring Electricity: Building and Understanding Basic Circuits (P)

Curricula: Extension Mini-Kit 

They learn to recognize the key components of an electric circuit and grasp their roles. They also practice drawing diagrams and schematics to depict electric circuits and convey their knowledge. Students then revisit and use fundamental circuit concepts, building circuits that can power multiple components.

Evaluating a Landscape (Eng)

Curricula: Engineering is Elementary 

In A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape, students explore landforms and erosion in the context of geotechnical engineering. The unit begins with the storybook Suman Crosses the Karnali River, in which a boy named Suman living in Nepal explores the field of Geotechnical Engineering in order to convince his father to build a TarPul suspension bridge in the best possible location. Like Suman, students then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve their own model TarPul and to propose where to place it.

Supplied Literature