Resource Blog #2

Hey guys! So, for my resource this week, I found an activity from the National Geographic Education website. It is titled “Save the Plankton, Breathe Freely” and has students discuss oxygen resources, participate in data collection within a group, and analyze their findings. After, the class can come together to discuss findings and how their findings relate to our lives right now. This course material can be used in a math classroom or a science classroom, and although maybe not primarily used in a Social Studies classroom, this activity could be used to connect lessons about geography and environmental awareness to the hard sciences and mathematics.  I think that this activity would be a really fun way to connect math to real-world and current issues. It is designed for grades 3^rd-5^th, but I believe it could be a fun intro activity for middle school grades as well. This is a neat activity for students to engage with one another through group work and share their findings as a class. It can also provide students with the ability to think critically about their environment and the ways mathematics can be used in other fields to solve or recognize problems in our world. What a better way to connect math, science, and social sciences than through discussing the air that we all breathe!

Website: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/

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