Module 6 - Science 3A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module you will learn about various types of terrain, about mountainous regions. You will focus on trees, and their relationship and usefulness to humankind and learn about various types of trees.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Characteristics of Terrain on Earth	crayons or colored pencils clay tempera paints (optional) pen or pencil
2	Characteristics of Mountainous Regions	crayons or colored pencils globe or world map that shows terrain pen or pencil
3	Trees and Human Needs	crayons or colored pencils images from magazines or the Internet for making a collage glue scissors pen or pencil
4	Types of Trees	crayons or colored pencils pictures of leaves from various trees pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Characteristics of Terrain on Earth	Identify various types of terrain. Construct a clay diorama of local terrain. Label drawings of various types of terrain.
2	Characteristics of Mountainous Regions	Describe the differences between mountainous regions. Locate the highest maintain ranges in various regions. Identify facts about local mountains.
3	Trees and Human Needs	Describe why trees are useful to humans. List objects that come from trees. Create a collage of items that originated from trees. Describe the relationship between trees and humans.
4	Types of Trees	Identify various types of trees. Categorize different species of trees and leaves.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
elevation plains plateau terrain summit fault erosion mountainous regions world maps expedition trees photosynthesis oxygen carbon dioxide species leaves deciduous evergreen

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Characteristics of Terrain on Earth	2	Characteristics of Terrain on Earth Assignment
2	Characteristics of Mountainous Regions	1	Characteristics of Mountainous Regions Assignment
3	Trees and Human Needs	2	Trees and Human Needs Assignment
4	Types of Trees	2	Types of Trees Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Characteristics of Terrain on Earth	What different types of terrain are on the Earth?
Characteristics of Mountainous Regions	What are mountains like?
Trees and Human Needs	What comes from trees?
Types of Trees	What types of trees are there?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Trees and Human Needs	A First Look at Trees	Write down 5 things you learned about trees from this video in your Science notebook.
Types of Trees	Trees Through the Seasons	How do trees change throughout the seasons? Write down 5 things you learned about trees from this video in your Science notebook.

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Earth's Landforms and Bodies of Water	Natalie Hyde	590L
2	Kid’s Guide to Types of Landforms	Baby Professor
3	Mountains of the World	Dieter Braun	IG1040L
4	Mountains	Seymour Simon	1140L
5	A Tree Is a Plant	Clyde Robert Bulla
6	Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids	Gail Gibbons	580L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	Go on a hike with your student and identify different terrains.