Grade:

Scope & Sequence:

  • Tule Mat Project

    Grade:
    1
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal History Culture and Curriculum, Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Tule Mat Making

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will review animals and learn how to sew tules. The first tule mat should be given to an elder (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.). They can give the mat for Christmas.

  • Tule Habitat Characteristics

    Grade:
    1
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Tule Habitat Characteristics

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will recount the story of their field trip to Benjamin Lake. Students will chart their observations made during the field trip in a small group and as a full class.

  • Science & Culture Unit 3-1: Tule Characteristics

    Grade:
    K
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal History Culture and Curriculum, Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Science & Culture Unit 3-1: Tule characteristics

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will recount the story of their field trip to Benjamin Lake. Students will further explore Tule characteristics by comparing and contrasting wet and dried tules.

  • Salmon Lesson 3

    Grade:
    K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Civics

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will learn what the building of Little Falls Dam and Coulee Dam caused for the Spokane People as well as the other local tribes

  • Salmon Lesson 2

    Grade:
    K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Culture: People, Places, & Environment

    Lesson Goal:

    Understand the cultural relationship between the Spokane People and the Salmon

  • Salmon Lesson 1

    Grade:
    K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Culture: People, Places, & Environment

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will identify the rivers, that the salmon migrate from and return to. Find on the map the three primary waterfalls that the Spokane people harvested salmon. (Spokane Falls, Little Falls and Kettle Falls)

  • Natural Selection and Adaptations

    Grade:
    7
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Natural Selection and Adaptation

    Lesson Goal:

    Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.

  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems – #1

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Lesson Goal:

    Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.

  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Grade:
    3
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Lesson Goal:

    Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well and some cannot survive at all. Evidence can include needs and characteristics of the organisms and habitats involved. The organisms and their habitat make up a system in which the parts depend on each other.

  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Lesson Goal:

    Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and ecosystem.

  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Grade:
    7
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

    Lesson Goal:

    For students to understand their interdependent relationship with their surrounding ecosystems and their roles as care-takers and understanding their impact on the environment.

  • Human Sustainability (Living Lightly Spring)

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Human Sustainability

    Lesson Goal:

    Create an interactive model to illustrate the relationships among (management of) natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity(Seasonal Round)

  • Human Sustainability (Living lightly Fall)

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Human Sustainability

    Lesson Goal:

    Create an interactive model to illustrate the relationships among (management of) natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity(Seasonal Round)

  • Human Sustainability (Living Lightly – Winter)

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Human Sustainability

    Lesson Goal:

    Create an interactive model to illustrate the relationships among (management of) natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity(Seasonal Round)

  • Human Sustainability (Living Lightly – Summer)

    Grade:
    10
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Human Sustainability

    Lesson Goal:

    Create an interactive model to illustrate the relationships among (management of) natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity(Seasonal Round)

  • History & Geography Unit 1-5

    Grade:
    7
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal History Culture and Curriculum, Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Contemporary World Issues Geography, Washington State History (Local Tribe History)

    Lesson Goal:

    To understand the fact that Native Americans were living and prospering in “Washington” long before it became a state. The students will be able to name innovations made by the Spokane Indians.

  • Harvesting Tules

    Grade:
    1
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal History Culture and Curriculum, Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will gather tules for a large teepee which they will construct during the winter. Students will participate in a small scientific study by observing and working with a small team to record the number of animals they see, where the animal was when they saw it, and what the animal was doing.

  • Animals that live near the tules

    Grade:
    1
    Subject:
    Spokane Tribal History Culture and Curriculum, Spokane Tribal Traditional Science
    Scope & Sequence:
    Animals that Live Near Tules

    Lesson Goal:

    Students will learn about the animals at Benjamin Lake.