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 * Lesson Plan Title:** Science/Social Studies - Earth Manners Project Learning Tree Lesson 87 (Beth Hopkins)


 * Grade(s) Suggested:** K-4


 * Content Areas:** Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Visual Arts

This lesson was used as an Earth Day activity. It was also used as a Small Schools Gathering activity.

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 * Standards Addressed:** Science 4.8 B Explain how human activities may change the environment., Social Studies 5.2 B Identify personal rights and


 * General Objectives:** Students will express appropriate ways to treat living things. Students will express appropriate ways to act in natural areas. Students will express their own rules for manners outside. Students will use Earth Manners in our Schoolyard.

**Time Required:** 45 - 60 Minutes
 * Required Materials:** Project Learning Tree (PLT) book or a copy of __//Trapper//__ by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James (This book is out of print but can be purchased used on Amazon). If you cannot find the book the text of the story is in the PLT book. You could make your own copy of the book and illustrate it.


 * Procedure:**
 * 1) Have students name rules they think would make sense for learning outside.
 * 2) Stay in marked trails
 * 3) Be careful not to litter
 * 4) Pick up any litter you find
 * 5) Show respect for all living things
 * 6) Don't carve or draw on trees, rocks or property
 * 7) Be careful with fire
 * 8) Leave an area in the same condition or better than when you got there
 * 9) Read the story __//Trapper//__
 * 10) After reading ask the following questions:
 * 11) How did the story make you feel?
 * 12) How do you think Trapper felt at different times during the story?
 * 13) Why did Muttsok try to collect all the seals?
 * 14) Do you think Trapper gave Muttsok good advice?
 * 15) Discuss the natural objects students like to collect. Make a list on the board.
 * 16) Go over the list and discuss what might be all right to collect (sea shells) and what sould be left in nature (fossils, plants, flowers)
 * 17) Make the connection that some of these things are habitats for other living things.
 * 18) Discuss ways students can enjoy things in nature without taking them with them - taking a picture or drawing a shetch in a nature journal.
 * 19) Go back to the list of rules and see if there are any they would like to change or add to the list.
 * 20) Add rules for having good Earth Manners in our Schoolyard.
 * 21) Have students choose a rule from the list to make into an Earth Manners poster.
 * 22) The poster should convey the message of having good Earth manners.


 * Closure:** Have students give one example of how they can practice good Earth manners.

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 * Assessment Based On Objectives: **
 * 1) Does the poster express an appropriate way to treat living things or natural areas?
 * 2) Does the poster express an appropriate way to act in a natural area?
 * 3) Do students practice Earth manners in our Schoolyard?