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SIMply Prairie
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Where SIMply Prairie Fits in the Curriculum:
SIMply Prairie is an interdisciplinary project including science, language arts, math and social studies. This project is best conducted in the fall when the prairie plants are more easily identified. It might also be conducted in April/May when a prairie plot can be planted. Internet access is required; access to a prairie habitat is desirable.
Alignment with Standards: This project incorporates Illinois Standards and Project 2061 Benchmarks and the following National
Science Education Standards:
- Teaching
Standards:
- A:
Plan an inquiry-based science program.
- B:
Guide and facilitate learning.
- C:
Engage in ongoing assessment of teaching and student learning.
- D:
Design and manage learning environment.
- E:
Develop communities of science learners.
- Assessment
Standards:
- A:
Consistent with the decisions they are designed to inform
- B:
Achievement and opportunity to learn science
- C:
Quality of data matched to decisions and actions taken
- D:
Assessments fair
- Content
Standards:
- A:
Science as inquiry
- B:
Physical science
- D:
Earth and space science
- E:
Science and technology
- F:
Science in personal and social perspectives
- G:
History and nature of science
- Program
Standards:
- A:
Consistent with other standards
- B:
Developmentally appropriate, interesting, and relevant
- C:
Coordinated with mathematics program
- D:
Access to appropriate and sufficient resources
- E:
Equitable student access