Title: Pollution Solution

Resolution (4)

Grade: 4th

Subject: ScienceWatersheds

Designer: Sara Cummings

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals: SOL 4.9The student will investigate and understand
important Virginia resources. Key concepts include:
(a) watersheds and water resources
Understandings:
Essential Understanding: Thinking of
ways to prevent pollution to our watershed
-Students will understand ways to
will keep the water clean and useable as a
help prevent pollution from going
resource for years to come.
into our watershed.
Essential Questions:
-Students will brainstorm creative
ways the general public could help
prevent pollution from happening in
our watersheds.

-How can a 4th grade classroom bring

awareness to the community on ways to
prevent pollution to our watershed?
-What ways can we think of to try to prevent
pollution?
Students will be able to

Materials
-White printer paper
-Markers, colored pencils, crayons,
-Think of creative ways to try to prevent
etc.
pollution to our watershed.
-Ways to prevent pollution
-Think of ways to reach out to the community
worksheet (previous class)
to have their participation in preventing
-Document Camera
pollution to our watershed.
Stage 2 Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
Other Evidence:
-Students will have already thought
of ways to prevent pollution (from
-Teacher will scaffold students who are
previous lesson). They will work
struggling
individually, or with a partner, to
-Teacher will walk around and observe
create a poster that will reach out to students to make sure their posters
the community to help with their
demonstrate pollution prevention ideas that
pollution prevention idea.
their community could help with.
Stage 3 Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
1) The teacher will call the students over to the carpet to finish up the lesson from
the previous day. She will ask them to bring their Pollution Prevention worksheet.
2) She will use the Document Camera to introduce the activity they will be doing
and by modeling her example of the activity. She will show the students her poster
to they can get an idea as to what they will be doing.
3) The teacher will explain that they will be making a poster that could be sent out
in mailboxes in their community on ways to prevent pollution to their watershed.
She tells the students they can use ideas from their Pollution Prevention worksheet
if desired. She will explain that students will need to add a picture to their poster as
well as basic information that their community could easily understand as well as
easily read.
4) Students will grab a piece of white printer paper and will work individually or

quietly with a partner and create their own posters.

5) Students will have until 10 minutes before science period end before they will
need to stop.
6) Student can volunteer to share their posters with the rest of the class so we can
get their ideas. Students will also hand their posters in to be hung up in the hallway.
7) Students will clean up and get ready for the next activity.
Reflection