This unit plan focuses on aquatic environments and is targeted towards 2nd grade students. The unit will teach students to define habitats, identify components of aquatic habitats, explore the four types of aquatic habitats (pond, lake, sea, and ocean), and classify plants and animals that live in each habitat. The unit is designed to be taught over multiple lessons and will assess students before, during, and after they complete projects on the topics.

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Background Information
Teachers’ Names Denise Rollock-Phillip, Denise Pharai, Angeline Mohan
Class Standard Two
Age 6-7 Years
Number of Students 18
Unit Overview
Unit Title
Aquatic Environments – A World of Water
Unit Summary
Subject Area
The Standards for Science as taken from the Revised Primary Science Curriculum (February 2003):
Competence – ability to investigate scientifically
Curiosity – an enquiring habit of mind
Understanding – making sense of scientific knowledge and the way science works
Creativity – ability to think and act in a non linear way
Sensitivity – critical awareness of the role of science in society combined with a caring and
responsible disposition
Grade Level
This unit is targeted at the Standard Two level.
Approximate Time Needed
Unit Foundation
Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
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Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
At the end of the unit pupils will be able to achieve with at least 75% accuracy:
1. Define a habitat.
2. Identify the components of an aquatic habitat.
3. Explore the four types of aquatic habitats.
This will require more than one lesson. The four types of aquatic habitats include the pond, lake, sea
and ocean.
4. Classify animals that live in each aquatic habitat.
5. Classify plants that live in each aquatic habitat.
Each aquatic habitat will be taught as a separate unit. For example when teaching the pond – what it
is, an example of, plants and animals that live in it, where it can be found, how is it made.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential
Question
Unit
Questions
Content
Questions
Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline
Before project work begins Students work on projects After project work is
and complete tasks completed
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Assessment Summary
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Prerequisite Skills
Instructional Procedures
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
Resource
Student
Nonnative
English
Speaker
Gifted
Student
Materials and Resources Required For Unit
Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)
Camera Laser Disk VCR
Computer(s) Printer Video Camera
Digital Camera Projection System Video Conferencing Equip.
DVD Player Scanner Other
Internet Connection Television
Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)
Database/Spreadsheet Image Processing Web Page Development
Desktop Publishing Internet Web Browser Word Processing
E-mail Software Multimedia Other
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Printed Materials
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