Enduring Understanding:
At the end of this integrated unit, students will have a better appreciation for the differences that are gained by having a diverse environment and population. Local diversity will be objectively analyzed with graphs and data, and it will be subjectively analyzed by observing its affects on the likelihood a population will survive. Diversity is a benefit, whether we are collaborating in a group, or struggling for survival in nature. Here in California, we have population diversity that is unique to our area. Our unique population is influenced by the different and diverse groups that reside here in our area. These diverse groups and elements should be noticed and celebrated. |
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Overview of Student Activities
Students will be engaging in a math unit that overviews how to analyze, represent, display, and determine significance of demographic information. Students will acquire knowledge and tools in the math unit in order to apply them to the subsequent science unit. In the science unit, students will determine the importance of diversity in a population and investigate local demographic information. Throughout the unit, students will investigate and uncover a social injustice and create a solution that make it socially just. Student activities will include:
Students will be engaging in a math unit that overviews how to analyze, represent, display, and determine significance of demographic information. Students will acquire knowledge and tools in the math unit in order to apply them to the subsequent science unit. In the science unit, students will determine the importance of diversity in a population and investigate local demographic information. Throughout the unit, students will investigate and uncover a social injustice and create a solution that make it socially just. Student activities will include:
- Connecting with diversity through an art project
- Conduct a survey about local demographic information
- Analyze and interpret demographic data in order to determine a solution to a social injustice
- Make a proposition for a solution to a social injustice