Deer+We+Build?


 * Project Title: Deer We Build? **

**Project Idea: Students in grades 3-5 will work collaboratively to determine if an additional driveway can be built from the carpool area to Canterbury Drive. Students will determine the environmental impacts of this endeavor on the local ecosystem. **

**3rd grade starts with a project and passes to 4th. Fourth grade continues the project and then shares with 5th. **

**Driving Question: ** **How can we develop an economically and environmentally-friendly plan to create a new driveway for our school that will alleviate school traffic congestion? **

**Content: ** **Common Core ** **3rd Grade: 3.L.2 Understand how plants survive in their environments. ** **4th Grade: 5.L.1 Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats. ** **5th Grade: 5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals in their ecosystems. **

**Major Student Products: Presentation, Letter, Before and After Drawing, Journaling, Science Notebook, and GoogleDocs. **

**Public Audience: Trent Woods Commissioners and Board of Education ** 