There are no Monarch Caterpillars in the Garden
BLONDETH PHILLIP
PS197
INTRODUCTION:
Last year the field in Mariposa Grove was a place Monarch Caterpillars could live because they had milk weed plants to eat. Now that it is a Garden, there are no monarch caterpillars. What has happened to the Monarch Caterpillars?
TASK: You will become scientist who will figure out why there are no caterpillars in the garden. Investigate how plants and animals get what they need to live and grow. Make a new plan for the garden that will provide for the needs of monarch caterpillars and produce vegetables.
PROCESS RESOURCES:
The class will do a whole group lesson. I will remind students we need to be scientists and figure out what has changed in the area. Now that the Field has become the garden, the monarch caterpillars no longer live there.
1. What’s the problem? (There are no monarch caterpillars in the garden
2. Teacher reads the book Science walk (Evidence) https://apps.learning.amplify.com/curriculum/#/unit/8a31e0f9506c8fa2015269c460ba785c:2018-2019/chapter/ff8080815651e774015656a3dcf40519
3..https://youtu.be/GDITDql4DuU (identify causes and evaluating existing policy)
4. Read investigating Monarch (big book) https://apps.learning.amplify.com/curriculum/#/unit/8a31e0f9506c8fa2015269c460ba785c:2018-2019/cardstack/ff80808156991d150157d39ea1e04dc9?cardKey=ff80808156991d150157d39dc5594daa
5. (developing and selecting solutions) http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/caterpillar-0
EVALUATION:
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What do monarch caterpillars need to grow |
-All work is completed correctly. -Did your best. -Followed directions. -Talked about work with detail |
-Some work is completed. -Some parts are correct. -Attempted your best. -Followed some directions. -Talked about work with some details.
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-Work is not completed. -Most parts are incorrect –Need to try your best. -Needs to follow directions. _Need to talk about your work. |
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Completed monarch habitat and garden |
All work is completed correctly. Did your best. Followed directions. Talked about work with detail |
-Some work is completed. -Some parts are correct. -Attempted your best. -Followed some directions. -Talked about work with some details |
Work is not completed. -Most parts are incorrect –Need to try your best. -Needs to follow directions. _Need to talk about your work. |
CONCLUSION:
You have read the unit books to learn that monarch caterpillars eat milkweed plants. Using your observations that animals can only live where they can get the food they need, as a class you discussed and recorded an explanation of why there are no monarch caterpillars in the Garden, which you will share with the children from Mariposa Grove.
STANDARDS:
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
NGSS Practices
· Practice 8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
· Practice 1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems
ELA
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W.K.2
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose
informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about
and supply some information about the topic.
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W.K.8
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or
gather information from provided sources to answer a question.