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EL NINO LESSON PLAN A Sub-Unit of Social Studies Key Unit, Humankind’s Relationship to the Earth. Robert Heckerl, 6th Grade, Seoul American Elementary
OUTLINE As we’ve learned, climate changes can have a tremendous impact on human civilization, with local, regional, and global implications, AND vice versa. In the next part of this unit, we will learn more about the El Nino and La Nina phenomenons in relation to Social Studies issues at the sixth grade level. In our departmentalized system, the science teacher will teach the technological and scientific aspects of same.
Is the weather attributed to EN and LN becoming more severe due to global warming? We will examine our perceptions of these phenomena as we explore the history, terminology, and cultural and environmental implications of EN and LN. At the end of this particular lesson, we will revisit our ‘global warming’ knowledge base and see if we can make some predictions about the future of our planet’s weather, and what we might do to ensure a healthy global environment for ourselves and future generations.
DESIRED OUTCOMES Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of what EN and LN are, and how the weather changes associated with these phenomena can impact all forms of life, humans in particular, around the world. Assessment will be based on discussion, written reports, and a test created with PowerPoint software. Students, using previously learned geography skills, will be able to engage in a project/game based on hypothetical EN/LN-based meteorological events and how they might effect the different geographical regions ‘claimed’ by cooperative groups. This game will synthesize learning from all sub-units of Humankind’s Relationship to the Earth.
….by creating an El Nino lesson plan...