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=Unit Planner=

Critical Content/Concept Web

 * Unit Theme**: Oceans
 * Conceptual Lens:** Classification
 * Unit Length:** 4-5 weeks


 * The Exxon Valdez oil tanker just struck Bligh Reef and dumped 10.8 million gallons of oil into the Prince WIlliam Sound, Alaska. You work for Radio Disney and have been approached by its producers to do an anniversary documentary radio special of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The basis of the radio special needs to include a recap of the event, how to save the wildlife (plants and animals), how the spill was cleaned up and the lasting effects of oil spill twenty years later. ||
 * The Exxon Valdez oil tanker just struck Bligh Reef and dumped 10.8 million gallons of oil into the Prince WIlliam Sound, Alaska. You work for Radio Disney and have been approached by its producers to do an anniversary documentary radio special of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The basis of the radio special needs to include a recap of the event, how to save the wildlife (plants and animals), how the spill was cleaned up and the lasting effects of oil spill twenty years later. ||

(customary & metric forms of measurement) || Classification (Oceans of the world, comparisons to other bodies of water) || Nonfiction strategies (text features, reading & comprehending) Use many nonfiction texts, read, comprehend, summarize. ||  ||   ||
 * English || Mathematics || Science || Social Studies || Reading ||  ||   ||
 * Research Paper
 * topic development
 * topic sentence
 * details
 * voice || Measurement
 * cells
 * vertebrates
 * invertebrates
 * ecosystems
 * food chains
 * environmental issues (how to take care of the earth, pollution, etc.) || Geography

Designer(s): Stacey Holman and Karen Thurston
Students will understand how environmental disasters can affect many facets of wildlife.

How does environmental disasters affect wildlife?

MSAD #21 envisions itself as a collaborative learning community, continually striving for excellence, by providing a curriculum that is coordinated, diverse, and adaptive and by providing its students with skills, knowledge and aspirations to make productive choices. To achieve its vision, the district will:
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 * Deliver a diverse curriculum to meet the learning styles and intelligences of all students.
 * Provide challenging instruction and assessment so that students not only master basic skills, but also achieve academic standards as set out in the State of Maine Learning Results.
 * Maintain a safe, nurturing environment where all are treated with dignity and respect so that each student may become a healthy, self-confident, tolerant citizen.
 * Promote enthusiasm and curiosity for lifelong learning and teach the methodology to gather, interpret, analyze, and integrate new ideas and skills.
 * Teach a knowledge of human civilization and culture so that students may understand and accept their roles as global stewards and citizens.
 * Foster a work ethic which stresses diligence, respect, pride, excellence, adaptability, and tolerance.