Mary



About 15 years ago I created a unit on trees with another teacher when I taught third grade. The unit consisted of ten, very detailed lessons. The unit was written before I became an eMINTS trainer and teacher of the gifted. I would like to update the lessons making them more inquiry based using technology (Intel's Thinking Tools) and changing the activities to include more higher level thinking. Subject and Grade Level: Science-Grade 3-4 Topics: Deforestation/Decision Making Project Idea: Based lesson on book "The Lorax" Students make real world connections on why forests are destroyed. Use ranking tool to prioritize reasons students believe forests are destroyed. Seeing Reason tool could be used to help students analyze the causes and effects of deforestation. Students create an invention to replant the Truffula forest.

5-12-10-Feeling much better and familiar with tools. It was great exploring the tools using the jigsaw. The tools are great.