This resource includes 16 lessons split across four “units”, designed to utilize dragonflies and other Odonates as a basis for environmental education. Each lesson sharpens field work and inquiry skills, while aligning with NGSS learning standards.
https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/198622
Students will learn how to identify species of Odonata, collect and report data with Odonata Central, and conduct investigations.
| Grade Level | |
|---|---|
| NGSS STEM Practices | Asking Questions and Defining Problems, Developing Models, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Argument from Evidence, Evaluating and Communicating Information, Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, Using Mathematics |
| Language | |
| Resource Type | |
| Standards Present | Present |
| Media Format | PDF Download |
| Creation Date | 2018 |
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LessonHiveAdmin –
This is a full curriculum carefully aligned to NGSS standards, and developing all the STEM practices in a steady, stepwise way over an entire year of lessons (15 to 21 class periods). There are rubrics, sample student responses, and more!
It invites students to spend time observing and documenting the natural world around them, and to contribute to a larger data collection project. Many of the individual exercises could also be adapted for use individually; and there is a condensed schedule for 4-8 class periods.
Very well done!