Ecosystem Diamante Poetry

Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.

Fourth graders write poems that use local wildlife as their inspiration. After a class discussion which produces a list of wildlife that pupils have seen in their town, a review of three types of poetry ensues. They look at how haiku,...

Fifth graders give a presentation.  In this ecosystems lesson, 5th graders review ecosystems and work in groups to determine solutions to ecosystem problems.  Students present their problems and solutions to the class.