NAME__________________________ DATE____________ NEVADA STATE COLLEGE Lesson Topic: Oil Pollution Description of Classroom: 3rd grade elementary school

class, age ranges from 7 to 8 year olds, 9 males and 11 females, urban setting, diverse in ethnicities, English is the first and predominant language of each student. Background: Students are currently in the middle of a unit based on the ocean. This part of the lesson will inform students about how oil pollution can affect the environment and will also teach them ways to properly dispose of and recycle oil. Content Objective(s): 1. Students will compare the differences between oil polluted water and clean water. 2. Students will be able to describe the effects of oil pollution to wildlife. 3. Students will come up with a variety of possible solutions to prevent oil pollution. Language Objective(s): Students will write a letter to the local newspaper about oil pollution and demonstrate their knowledge on the subject through their ideas and thoughts on the subject. Nevada Standards: (3)4.6 investigate and describe how changes to an environment can be beneficial or harmful to plants and animals [L5C3] Key Vocabulary: Pollution, oil spill, recycle

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Assessment Individual Group Written Oral

Teaching Strategies: I will mix cooperative and individual teaching strategies. The students will have a balance between group activities and individual work. Warm Up Activity: I will start off the beginning of the lesson by reading the book Oil Spill, by Melvin Berger, to the class. This will introduce the topic of the lesson to the students and give them a little bit of background information on oil spillages. We will then have a classroom discussion about the book and I will ask my students what they know about oil pollution and its affects on animals and the environment. After that I will begin the hands-on activity.

Lesson Sequence: 1. As a class, the students and the teacher will brainstorm out loud about what they know about oil pollution. While I ask engaging and meaningful questions about the topic. We will engage in conversation for about 10 minutes. 2. The students will complete the hands on activity. 3. We will begin the lesson by each putting on a raincoat. The raincoat will be used as an example of human waterproofing, which will introduce students to the topic of birds and how their feathers are a waterproofing tool also. 4. Students will then be given one cup of water, an eyedropper of oil, and a couple of paper towels each. 5. Students will then submerge a feather into water and then dry it off. This will illustrate a bird's weather proofing system. 6. Finally, the students will place a drop of oil into the water. They will then place the feather back into the water and try to dry the feather again, however, the students will not be able to dry the feather, therefore demonstrating how oil spills affect birds. 7. After the hands on activity the students will discuss, in their groups, what resulted after feathers were placed in the oil and how other wildlife can be impacted by oil pollution and they will discuss the proper technique for disposing of and recycling oil. 8. In closing, each student will write a letter about oil pollution and proper recycling and send it to e editor of a local newspaper. In their letters, students may describe the hazards associated with oil spills d im proper oil recycling. Accommodations: The students will be placed in small groups in the beginning of each class, according to the level each child is at (i.e. a student having difficultly will surely be placed with a student of mastery), and will be able to ask for peer assistance. I, the teacher, will be available before and after school if help is needed. Homework will also allow for parental guidance. Supplementary Materials: Feathers Paper Towels Cups of Water Motor Oil Eyedroppers

 Raincoat Review/Assessment: Each student will write a letter about oil pollution and proper recycling and send it to the editor of a local newspaper. In their letters, students may describe the hazards associated with oil spills and improper oil recycling. I will assess the letters according to the students' knowledge of material and content, along with proper letter writing format.