Grade Level/Course:  5th Grade						Concepts: Ecosystem Services
Area of Emphasis/ Topic/Theme/Unit:  Climate Change and Pollination						Suggested Teaching Time Frame:
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What?			How will you know?				How will you get there?
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Unit #1: 1.  5.D2.6, 5.E1.1, 5.E1.5, 5.H1.1                                                            2.  5.A1.2, 5.A1.8, 5.D2.3, 5.D2.6, 5.E1.1, 5.E1.5                                          3. 5.A1.2, 5.A1.8, 5.D2.3, 5.D2.6, 5.E1.1, 5.E1.5                                                  4. 5.A1.2, 5.A1.8, 5.D2.6, 5.D2.3, 5.D2.6, 5.E1.1, 5.E1.5, 5.H1.1              Unit #2:  5.F1.11			Unit #1: 4.  Interactive Gloibal Warming Quiz               Unit #2:  Pollination Assessment				Unit #1:  1.  Let's Learn About Global Warming                                                    2.  Mayonnaise Jar Greenhouse                              3.  Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect                                Unit #2:  1.  Lesson 7 from the Einstein plant kit   2.  Why we need pollinators			Unit #1:  “Teaching About Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming”, Ed. By Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn  and http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/version2.html.                                       Unit #2:  Plant Einstein kit, http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/pollen/start.html
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