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Worms at Work!

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Title:

 Worms at Work!

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/reach-with-stem-worms-at-work/worms-at-work/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Interactive/Game

Overview:

Get close-up and grossed-out as you learn about the wonderful way worms work in our environment. Learn vermicomposting, and dig into how an author may write text to support his or her point of view.

Content Standard(s):
Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 2
7 ) Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

NAEP Framework
NAEP Statement::
L4.1: Organisms need food, water, and air; a way to dispose of waste; and an environment in which they can live.*

NAEP Statement::
L4.2: Organisms have basic needs. Animals require air, water, and a source of energy and building material for growth and repair. Plants also require light.

NAEP Statement::
L4.3: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met. Some interactions are beneficial; others are detrimental to the organism and other organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L4.4: When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.

NAEP Statement::
L4.7: Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that enable them to survive in different environments. Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

Unpacked Content
Scientific And Engineering Practices:
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns
Disciplinary Core Idea: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Illustrate the diversity of living things in different habitats, including both land and water.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • Literature
  • Media
  • Diversity
  • Habitats
  • Woodland
  • Tundra
  • Desert
  • Rainforest
  • Ocean
  • River
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Plants and animals are diverse within different habitats.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Obtain information from literature and other media.
  • Illustrate the different kinds of living things and the different habitats in which they can be found.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
AMSTI Resources:
Be sure students are aware of credible media resources when obtaining information.
AMSTI Module:
Plants and Bugs
Plant Growth and Development, STC
The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators, EiE
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.2.7- Participate in activities that show many different living things in different environments.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
24. Identify the main idea and supporting details of literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the supporting details contribute to the main idea.

b. Recount or summarize key ideas from the text.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
24.
  • Main idea
  • Supporting details
  • Literary text
  • Informational text
24a.
  • Explain
  • Main idea
  • Supporting details
  • Contribute
24b.
  • Recount
  • Summarize
  • Key ideas
Knowledge:
24. Students know:
  • The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
  • The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.
24a.
  • The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.
24b.
  • Key ideas are important details within a text.
  • Recount means to retell the big ideas of the text.
  • Summarize means to briefly state the big ideas of the text.
Skills:
24. Students are able to:
  • Identify the main idea in literary and informational text.
  • Identify the supporting details in literary and informational text.
24a.
  • Explain how the supporting details provide more information about the main idea.
24b.
  • Retell or summarize the most important (key) ideas from a text.
Understanding:
24. Students understand that:
  • Literary and informational texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea.
  • A text usually just has one main idea, but multiple supporting details.
24a.
  • The supporting details help explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.
24b.
  • Texts have key ideas, and they can retell or summarize these important ideas to demonstrate comprehension of the text.
Tags: animal, environment, habitat, living thing, vermicomposting, worm
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