4.2. PK.

B Identify a wetland as an ecosystem of Pennsylvania

This unit entitled Wetland is designed for 2nd grade. The unit will integrate many academic disciplines
while teaching students about wetlands with specifics such as the ecosystem, animals and plants, and the
different types of wetlands.
Students will do a variety of activities to enhance their learning. First the students explore an introduction
to the concept of wetlands. Then student will experience through video information on wetlands and
create a brown paper bag book. Next students will discuss in their tables about what they observed before
the lesson and compare it to what they know now. Finally, we will come back as a class to begin creating
our chart on what we know about wetlands.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards, (list specific standards here) the
students will be producing works of art, speaking and listening during discussions, applying process
knowledge that enables them to become independent leaders thought inquiry and design, and study the
dynamics of earth science, which includes the studies of forces of nature that build earth and wear down
earth.
When the unit is complete, the students will be able to describe different types of wetland, identify the
animals and plants, describe an ecosystem in a wetland, and how they affect Pennsylvania. This content is
key in a students ability to understanding, explore, and explain the natural world around them.