Grade Level/Course:  4th Grade						Concepts: Grasslands
Area of Emphasis/ Topic/Theme/Unit:  Invertebrates/Vertebrates/Cold blooded/Warm Blooded/Ecosystems						Suggested Teaching Time Frame:  Autumn
Concept(s)/Generalization(s)/Skill(s)/Essential Question(s):   Pollinators, Parasites, How Tremperature affects cold blooded animals, variety of organisms in an ecosystem, interconnection of those organisms in an ecosystem, data collection techniques
What?			How will you know?				How will you get there?
Standards/Benchmarks			Assessment & Standards Assessed				Learning Strategies/Activities			Resources
Unit #1:  4.F2.4, 4.F2.5, 4.F2.7, 4.F1.9, 4.F1.2, EE A.3, EE C.2                 Unit #2: 4.B1.2, 4.C1.1, 4.F1.2, 4.F2.5, 4.F2.7, EE A.3, EE B.1, EE C.2, EE C.3			Unit #1:  "Build A Prairie"                                    Unit #2:  "Prairie Invertebrate Study"				Unit #1:  "What is a Prairie #1?"  "What is a Prairie #2?"                             Unit #2:  "Butterfly Inventory", "Temperature Crickets", "Life as a Gall"			Unit #1:Sheldon Nature Area, http://www.bell.museum.org/mnideals/prairie/build/index.html                 Unit #2:  Sheldon Nature Area
Area of Emphasis:  Tall Grass Prairie							Big Idea #:  Grasslands