1. Nathale Lupercio
March 14, 2013
Geog 300
I. Subject Area: Life Science
II. Grade Level: 4th Grade
III. Science Standard: ž3. Living organisms depend on one another and on their
environment for survival. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving
components.
b. Students know that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and
animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all
c. Students know many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal,
and animals depend on plants for food and shelter
d. Students know that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are
beneficial.
IV. National Geography Standard:

2. 1. How to use a map and other geographic representations, tools and technologies
to acquire, process and report information.
V. Learning Objectives:
Students will explore the park, and look at all the different species. They will then
determine how each species depend on one another. Using a world map, they will plot all
the spices they learned about, in their original habitat.
VI. Materials, Resources, and Equipment:
Notebook and pencil
Blank world map
Water/Food
Walking shoes
Sunscreen
VII. Instructional Strategies: Procedures and Activities:
1. Explanation of our Science Standard.
2. Warm-up: Ask the class what there favorite animals are? Have they ever seen an
animal? Are plants alive? Where do animals and plants live?
3. Explain what a species is, and that plant, animals, and even humans depend on
one another to survive.
4. Split the class into small groups of 4-5 students.
5. Students will go on attractions or exhibits that showcase animals, bugs, plants, or
other types of species throughout the park.
6. Students need to write down the species, where in the world it is found, and if it
depends on another species to survive, or does another species depend on it.

3. 7. At the end, students will put all the species found on a blank world map in their
natural habitat. They will color coordinate the species depending on who needs
who to survive.
VIII. Closing/Reflection:
What species do humans need to survive?
What if all the plants die, what will happen to us?