Fantastic Fourth Grade

Welcome to the 4th Grade page! Here you will find information and resources about the topics we are learning about, vocabulary, journal prompts, and sneak peek photos of our projects!!!

Homework

#1: What is Sustainability?

What happened during the GO FISHING game?

What could you have done differently to be more sustainable in fishing?

How does this relate to the world and sustainability?

**Think about protecting the Earth, its resources, and what we NEED vs. what we WANT!

#2: Magazine Research

- Read your Conservationist For Kids magazine.

- Write a journal entry teaching me (Ms. Hynes) what you learned!

**Must be one page of writing with underlined vocabulary and details. Don't just copy! Put it into your own words:)

#3: Ecosystem/ Exploration Project

Depending on your class, you need to research your animal, ecosystem, habitat, or exploration area. In order to begin building our projects, we need to have this information to help us make them stronger!

#4: Threats to Biodiversity

Write a journal entry about the threats to biodiversity and what we can do to help stop it.

Habitat loss (deforestation, people building on land, etc.)

Invasive species- species that take over habitats and cause chaos

pollution- air, water, and trash

poaching- illegal hunting

Overharvesting- taking too many( fishing too much, etc.)

#5: Conservation Status

Write a journal about the Conservation Status of species. Include your thoughts on protecting animals and plants that fall into the various categories and the challenges that they may face doing so.

Healthy/ Least Concern: evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation

Vulnerable: likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve

Threatened: a plant or animal species generally perceived as likely, in the near future, to become endangered

Endangered: seriously at risk of extinction

Extinct: there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world