7th Grade pbl
GQ: HOW CAN STUDENts at CMS help protect the honeybees in our agricultural community from an invasive species?
ELA
ELA students will be demonstrating proficiency in the following standards: W2, W4, RI1, RI2
3/18/24: Students read informational text on native honeybees and Yellow Legged Hornets.
3/20/24: Students began to write a narrative from the point of view of the Yellow Legged Hornet or the native honeybee, using real or imagined experiences or events, effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. **Students brainstorm what questions to ask Community Helper, Mr. Kelly, Beekeeper.
3/21/24 Guest Community Speaker Mr. Kelly, Beekeeper.
3/22/24: Students will finish their narratives.
ELA students will be demonstrating proficiency in the following standards: W2, W4, RI1, RI2
3/18/24: Students read informational text on native honeybees and Yellow Legged Hornets.
3/20/24: Students began to write a narrative from the point of view of the Yellow Legged Hornet or the native honeybee, using real or imagined experiences or events, effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. **Students brainstorm what questions to ask Community Helper, Mr. Kelly, Beekeeper.
3/21/24 Guest Community Speaker Mr. Kelly, Beekeeper.
3/22/24: Students will finish their narratives.
Science
Overreaching theme: How do human activities impact local flora and fauna in our area?
Science GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
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S7L4 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments.
01/01/2024: Students began the Ecology unit and are introduced to predator/prey relationship between hornets & honeybees. (S7L4) Overreaching theme: How do human activities impact local flora and fauna in our area? Brainstorm in stem journals how the hornet arrived here in the US.
• Emmi Lasso from the Ga DNR presents on invasive species in Georgia and about her career as a wildlife agent.
• Students begin Biomes unit and investigate invasive species in different biomes of the US.
• Students research the Yellow Legged Hornet and begin writing an informative essay about the invasive species.
• Students are asked the GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
• Students brainstorm a way to trap Asian hornets and begin designing and planning.
• Students create a materials list.
Overreaching theme: How do human activities impact local flora and fauna in our area?
Science GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
.
S7L4 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments.
01/01/2024: Students began the Ecology unit and are introduced to predator/prey relationship between hornets & honeybees. (S7L4) Overreaching theme: How do human activities impact local flora and fauna in our area? Brainstorm in stem journals how the hornet arrived here in the US.
• Emmi Lasso from the Ga DNR presents on invasive species in Georgia and about her career as a wildlife agent.
• Students begin Biomes unit and investigate invasive species in different biomes of the US.
• Students research the Yellow Legged Hornet and begin writing an informative essay about the invasive species.
• Students are asked the GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
• Students brainstorm a way to trap Asian hornets and begin designing and planning.
• Students create a materials list.
- Students design and build insect traps, students may also create a marketing plan to market the traps to the GaDNR.
Social Studies – How do environmental
issues of Southern and Eastern Asia impact
our local community?
SS7G10 Explain the impact of
environmental issues across Southern and
Eastern Asia.
1/30-1/31: Begin standard SS7G10 - Explain the impact of environmental issues across Southern and Eastern Asia.
2/1: Students research various invasive species from Southern and Eastern Asia that are in our local community.
2/2: Students create posters above the invasive species they researched. Students hypothesize and research how we can control these invasive species in Georgia. Students presented posters; during presentations, students recorded notes in their STEM notebooks.
Social Studies – How do environmental
issues of Southern and Eastern Asia impact
our local community?
SS7G10 Explain the impact of
environmental issues across Southern and
Eastern Asia.
1/30-1/31: Begin standard SS7G10 - Explain the impact of environmental issues across Southern and Eastern Asia.
2/1: Students research various invasive species from Southern and Eastern Asia that are in our local community.
2/2: Students create posters above the invasive species they researched. Students hypothesize and research how we can control these invasive species in Georgia. Students presented posters; during presentations, students recorded notes in their STEM notebooks.
Math
Math GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
7.GSR.5.6 Solve realistic problems involving surface area of right prisms and cylinders.
7.GSR.5.7 Describe the two-dimensional figures (cross sections) that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in the plane sections of right rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids, cones, cylinders, and spheres.
7.GSR.5.8 Explore volume as a measurable attribute of cylinders and right prisms. Find the volume of these geometric figures using concrete problems.
2/29/2024 Students begin reviewing area of different shapes in order to prepare for volume and surface area.
3/6/2024 Students begin study of volume of right prisms and cylinders
3/7/2024 Students begin study of surface area of right prisms and cylinders
3/11/2024 Students complete a performance task finding volumes and surface areas of different real-world objects, and then design a triangular prism that could be used to ship a particular sized poster.
3/13/2024 Students will design yellow legged hornet traps during science. They will use their newfound mathematical knowledge to determine the surface area of their design in order to determine the amount of material they would need in order to build their design, to paint or decorate their design, and volume to determine how much their design would hold.
Math GQ: “How can we at CMS help remove an invasive species and protect our local honeybees?”
7.GSR.5.6 Solve realistic problems involving surface area of right prisms and cylinders.
7.GSR.5.7 Describe the two-dimensional figures (cross sections) that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in the plane sections of right rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids, cones, cylinders, and spheres.
7.GSR.5.8 Explore volume as a measurable attribute of cylinders and right prisms. Find the volume of these geometric figures using concrete problems.
2/29/2024 Students begin reviewing area of different shapes in order to prepare for volume and surface area.
3/6/2024 Students begin study of volume of right prisms and cylinders
3/7/2024 Students begin study of surface area of right prisms and cylinders
3/11/2024 Students complete a performance task finding volumes and surface areas of different real-world objects, and then design a triangular prism that could be used to ship a particular sized poster.
3/13/2024 Students will design yellow legged hornet traps during science. They will use their newfound mathematical knowledge to determine the surface area of their design in order to determine the amount of material they would need in order to build their design, to paint or decorate their design, and volume to determine how much their design would hold.