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A Tale of Two Soup Cans: Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

A Tale of Two Soup Cans: Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/msts14.ela.twosoup/a-tale-of-two-soup-cans/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

In this Martha Speaks interactive story, students learn how the choices we make about our trash have different consequences for our environment. A discarded soup can can end up in a landfill, whereas a reused or recycled can could become something new. When used as a part of Martha’s True Stories Buddies Program, buddy pairs engage with the interactive story, then create an Advice Column that offers ways to reuse, repurpose, or compost old things. To familiarize yourself with the program, begin by reading the Martha's True Stories Buddies Program: Overview.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: K

6 ) Identify and plan possible solutions (e.g., reducing, reusing, recycling) to lessen the human impact on the local environment.*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
E4.10: The supply of many Earth resources such as fuels, metals, fresh water, and farmland is limited. Humans have devised methods for extending the use of Earth resources through recycling, reuse, and renewal.

NAEP Statement::
E4.11: Humans depend on their natural and constructed environment. Humans change environments in ways that can either be beneficial or detrimental for themselves and other organisms.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Identify possible solutions to lesson the human impact on the local environment.
Plan possible solutions to lesson the human impact on the local environment.
Identify potential human impacts on the local environment.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Identify
Plan
Solution
Human impact
Local
Environment
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Causes
Create
Ask
Imagine
Improve

Knowledge:

Students know:

Human impact can have both positive and negative impact on the environment.
We can create possible solutions to reduce the negative impacts on the environment.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Identify possible solutions to lessen human impact on the environment.
Plan possible solutions to lessen human impact on the environment.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Human impact has a positive and negative effect on the local environment.
There are solutions that can lessen the negative impacts on a local environment.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Plants and Animals
*Exploring Plants and Animals, STC

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.K.6- Classify human activities as harmful or helpful to the environment.

Tags:

compost, human impact, Martha Speaks, recycle, recycling, reduce, repurpose, reusing

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Author:

Stephanie Carver

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A Tale of Two Soup Cans: Martha Speaks | PBS KIDS Lab