Green Transportation Unit Plan
Unit Plan
About 5 hr 15 min6 lessonsGrades3, 4, 5Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Mathematics
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Teach these in order. This unit plan is designed for the lessons to be taught in order. The unit as a whole has scored in the exemplar range on our rubric.
About this unit
In this interdisciplinary unit, students act as transportation planners to analyze various modes of transportation and calculate carbon emissions of different forms of transportation globally. They apply critical media skills to create an advertisement for car-free cities or replan their local city's transportation structure to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.
Lessons in this unit, in order
- 1Green Transportation Lesson: Carbon EmissionsIn this lesson, students explore how plants transform carbon dioxide into oxygen through photosynthesis, learn about the greenhouse effect by calculating their...Lesson Plan · 45 min · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
- 2Green Transportation Lesson: Emissions DataIn this lesson, students compare and contrast emissions from different modes of transportation and explore the concept of transportation planning.Inquire: Stude...Lesson Plan · 50 min · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
- 3Green Transportation Lesson: Green CareersThis lesson explores different transit systems around the world and unpacks the decision-making process behind transportation planning.Inquire: Students analyze...Lesson Plan · 50 min · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
- 4Green Transportation Lesson: Media LiteracyThis lesson promotes students’ understanding of the power and influence of the media. Students will leverage this understanding to develop their own media campa...Lesson Plan · 1 hr · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
- 5Green Transportation Lesson: Student ProjectIn this lesson, students use six questions to explore critical media literacy and begin creating their own advertisements using a rubric as a guide.Inquire: Stu...Lesson Plan · 55 min · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
- 6Green Transportation Lesson: PresentationsThis lesson features the final advertisement presentations and provides students with the opportunity to think about how to use these projects to make an impact...Lesson Plan · 55 min · Grades 3, 4, 5 View Lesson
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