Science Storytelling Lesson

This lesson gets students thinking about the intersection between science and storytelling. They will choose a way that humans interact/impact/intersect with the natural world in their community, or a time when they have had an interaction with the natural world, and tell the story to a young audience through writing a picture book. Video of lesson walk-through linked below.

• Objectives
  • I can think about different ways to tell stories and how storytelling can be helpful in communicating science ideas.
  • I can write and express myself to share something I care about with my community. 
  • I can think about the relationship between humans and the natural world, and how humans can impact/change natural spaces.  
• Grades: 6 to 8, adaptable to high school  
• Time: 9 milestones (2 to 4 weeks)
• Author: M Becker

Arizona Standards Engaged

1.E1U3.8: Construct and support an argument about how human consumption of limited resources impacts the biosphere.

U3: Applications of science often have both positive and negative ethical, social, economic, and/or political implications. 

8.W.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information 

8.W.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

8.W.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience

8.W.7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question.