PBL Unit Title: Reworking a Butterfly Garden

Primary Subject Area: Science

Interdisciplinary Areas also Covered: Math

Grade/Age Level: 6^th Grade; Ages 11-12 years old

Description of students’ role and problem situation: Acting as Johnston County Soil and Water Conservation District agents, small groups of students will design a proposal for reworking an existing butterfly garden on the Princeton School campus. Students will access current garden soil properties and plants in order to suggest improvements to the garden. A $100.00 budget and map plan for the garden will be included.

Educational Objectives: (Indicate if unit is interdisciplinary, but only list the objectives from primary subject area) The project will cover goals and objectives from science, language arts, and math. Science objectives to be covered are:

Goal 1: The learner will build an understanding of the lithosphere.

¨ 1-1: Determine how physical and biological agents and processes form and affect the soil.

¨ 1-2: Analyze soil properties.

¨ 1-3: Evaluate ways in which human activities have affected the earth’s pedosphere.

Name: Loretta Langdon

E-mail Address: langdonloretta@hotmail.com

School Name: Princeton School

School Location: Princeton, North Carolina