Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
We Understand Our Energy
Provided by: Earth Friends
Honors Deep Community KnowledgeLesson Plans Grades k-2
Synopsis
This lesson introduces students to different forms of energy through movements, celebratory dancing, and reading. Students will learn about how energy is used for many different things, the importance of food as energy, and different types of renewable energy.
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Subjects: SCI, SS
Authors: Earth Friends
Region: Global
Key Focus Areas
Core Component 1: Culturally Relevant Storytelling and Place-Based Learning
The suggested book takes students all over the world to explore energy use in many different locations and from different cultural perspectives. Students also explore their classroom or home to inquire about and discover how various items use energy from electricity, batteries, or gravity.
Core Component 2: Exploring Traditional Ecological Knowledge Through Hands-On Experiences
Students learn about the Three Sisters Dance that Indigenous cultures use to celebrate and honor the growth of corn, beans, and squash plants, then participate in a dance of their own.
Core Component 3: Cultural Respect and Collaborative Community Engagement
Students can engage with their friends and family in the Energy Detective activity or through the tin can phone line to engage with their community. The book includes pictures and descriptions of many culturally different locations and peoples as it describes the energy used and foods from around the world.
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Details
- Students will enjoy doing the movements that correlate with different types of renewable energy and have fun dancing!
- Consider borrowing the book from the library and reading it to students in small groups so they can all spend time looking at the pictures.
- Have students explore the classroom in groups with a list of items to find or set up stations in the room for students to explore.
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