Who Killed SAV?
Who Killed SAV? Lesson Plan Time Required: Two 45-minute sessions, with time allowed between for student research and preparation
Print version of "Who Killed SAV?": PDF • Word
Objectives
Students will
- examine four major causes of bay grass decline,
- defend, compare, and discriminate between arguments for and against a given factor,
- evaluate the level to which certain natural and human factors led to the decline of bay grasses.
Related Standards of Learning
Science
3.1.a; 3.1.c; 3.1.g; 3.6.a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.10.a; 3.10.b; 3.10.c;
4.1.b; 4.5.c; 4.5.d; 4.5.f; 4.8.a; 4.8.b; 4.8.d;
5.5.b; 5.5.c; 5.5.d; 5.6.b; 5.6.c; 5.7.e; 5.7.f;
6.7.d; 6.7.e; 6.7.f; 6.7.g
English
3.1; 3.2; 3.10;
4.1; 4.2; 4.6; 4.8;
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.7.a; 5.8; 5.9;
6.2; 6.3; 6.5; 6.7
History & Social Science
VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.h;
USI.1.3;
USII.1.e; USII.2.b; USII.8.b
Materials
- Who Killed SAV? (PDF)
- Trial Worksheet: Hurricane Agnes PDF • Word
- Trial Worksheet: Clam Dredging PDF • Word
- Trial Worksheet: Development PDF • Word
- Trial Worksheet: Nutrients PDF • Word
- Internet access
For each student
- Who Killed SAV? (PDF)
- Print on back-to-back pages. (If your printer will not print back-to-back, you can tape page 2 to the back of page 1, page 4 to the back of page 3, etc.)
- Fold the pages down the middle and staple together along the fold.
- Print on back-to-back pages. (If your printer will not print back-to-back, you can tape page 2 to the back of page 1, page 4 to the back of page 3, etc.)
- Trial Worksheet, according to the suspect assigned to his/her group:
