Lesson plan

To The Rescue: Simple Machines


GeoLiteracy

Description

In this lesson, students will learn how plastic toys, accidently dumped in the ocean, have traveled to faraway places. They will use geography skills to map the ducks and then engineer a solution to this real-world problem. This lesson has adaptations for diverse learners (ELLs).

Duration

5 class periods

Author

Heather
Jones

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
14: How human actions modify the physical environment

Teacher Instructions

Student Materials

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files