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Age 8-10 - Concept 4: Exploration and Survival
Unit 1: Animal Adaptations [S]
- Lesson 1: Why Do Animals Adapt? (2 Days)
- Lesson 2: Adapting to Climate (2 Days)
- Lesson 3: Living in the Dark
- Lesson 4: Hiding Out (2 Days)
- Lesson 5: Finding Food and Taking Care of Babies
- Lesson 6: Protection
- Lesson 7: Aquatic Adaptations
- Lesson 8: Adapting to Humans
- Final Project: A New Species (2 Days)
Unit 1: Abel's Island [LA]
- Lesson 1: Survival
- Lesson 2: The Storm
- Lesson 3: Where Am I?
- Lesson 4: Who Is Abel?
- Lesson 5: Perseverance
- Lesson 6: Surprises
- Lesson 7: Threats
- Lesson 8: The Dead of Winter
- Lesson 9: The Newcomer
- Lesson 10: Escape
- Lesson 11: Home at Last
- Final Project: Your Own Deserted Island (2 Days)
Unit 2: Early Explorers [SS]
- Lesson 1: Exploration
- Lesson 2: Sailing (2 Days)
- Lesson 3: Christopher Columbus
- Lesson 4: Spanish Explorers and Mayas and Incas (2 Days)
- Lesson 5: Explorers from Portugal (2 Days)
- Lesson 6: French and English Explorers
- Lesson 7: Exploration Continues
- Final Project: The Life of an Explorer (2 Days)
Unit 2: Pedro's Journal [LA]
- Lesson 1: Exploring with Columbus
- Lesson 2: August
- Lesson 3: September
- Lesson 4: October
- Lesson 5: Journal Writing
- Lesson 6: November
- Lesson 7: December
- Lesson 8: The Island of the Skog
- Lesson 9: January
- Lesson 10: February
- Final Project: Story Blocks (2 Days)
Unit 3: Work, Tools, and Simple Machines [S]
- Lesson 1: Work (2 Days)
- Lesson 2: The Six Simple Machines (2 Days)
- Lesson 3: The Inclined Plane
- Lesson 4: The Screw and the Wedge (2 Days)
- Lesson 5: Lever, Pulley, and Wheel and Axle (2 Days)
- Lesson 6: Tools and Machines Make Work Easier (2 Days)
- Lesson 7: Tools and Machines over Time (2 Days)
- Final Project: Presenting - Simple Machines (2 Days)
Unit 3: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH [LA]
- Lesson 1: Sickness
- Lesson 2: Spring is Coming
- Lesson 3: A Visit to an Owl
- Lesson 4: Rats in the Rosebush
- Lesson 5: Meeting the Rats
- Lesson 6: A Plan for Mrs. Frisby
- Lesson 7: The Capture
- Lesson 8: Life at NIMH
- Lesson 9: The Escape
- Lesson 10: Amazing Rats
- Lesson 11: The Plan
- Lesson 12: Working in the Night
- Lesson 13: A New Home
- Final Project: The Next Chapter or Book Float (2 Days)