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Local Bush Berries

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Yupiit School District

1

Science

Local Bush Berries

Grade

Subject

Unit Title

The students will learn that there are edible berries that grow on some local bush berries.

1 week

One-Sentence Summary

Time to Complete

Standard
A. A student should understand scientific facts, concepts, principles, and theories.

Detailed Description
Baneberries can be red or white, as few as two berries can kill a child. Help students to identify the poisonous plants which grow in their area. The berries that are listed above are edible. They can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed, jelled or made into akutaq.

ACTIVITIES: Field trips, collect leaves, pick berries, make akutaq, jam, jellies, press plants, laminate, label and make into books, find the medicinal uses. Resource people can be invited to the classrooms to talk about the plants they use for medicine, or pick to eat or preserve for winter use.

Task Management Skill
Systems: Understands complex inter-relationships

Vocabulary

BERRIES:
mercuullugpiit---high bush cranberries
puyuraat--low or highbush raspberries
acsaanglluut---gooseberries
tuutaruat--rosehips
napat--trees
iiqupiit--seeds
tulukaruut neqait---baneberries
avayat--branches
tuqunarqellriit---poisonous
qisran--calyx of cloudberry caranglluut---debris
cuyat--leaves
nernarqellriit---edibie
epua--stem
assigtaq---container
naun rag--plant
carilqaq--meadow
acilqut--roots
muirtuq--filled up
canget--grass
qukartuq--half full
iqvarte*--picking berries
acsat--berries
naive*--pour bucket to container
unaite*--soft
qaltaq--bucket tegge*--hard
piicikaq--birch basket *base of a word

EFG
Primary Domain

Detailed Description
Baneberries can be red or white, as few as two berries can kill a child. Help students to identify the poisonous plants which grow in their area. The berries that are listed above are edible. They can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed, jelled or made into akutaq.

ACTIVITIES: Field trips, collect leaves, pick berries, make akutaq, jam, jellies, press plants, laminate, label and make into books, find the medicinal uses. Resource people can be invited to the classrooms to talk about the plants they use for medicine, or pick to eat or preserve for winter use.

Domain Outcomes

P1. Read to Understand
Core Skills: reading, information acquisition and management, annalytical thinking

P2. Complete a Mathematical Analysis
Core skills: analytical thinking, mathematics, relational thinking

P3. Create a Map, Graph, or Chart

P4. Demonstrate Competency in World Languages

P5. Action research project with a team approach:

P6. Utilize one form of technology:

P7. Develop Creative Expression:

P8. Write a report:

P9. Make an Oral Presentation:

Partnerships

Career Investigations

Community Service Options:

Internet Questions:

Grade1

SubjectScience

Date Created10/20/1996

Unit TitleLocal Bush Berries

Date Modified3/24/2000

Time to Complete1 week

Cultural ConceptTo learn and identify the plants that are edible or poisonous.

Outcome Area
Hunting/Gathering

State Standard
A. A student should understand scientific facts, concepts, principles, and theories.

District Outcome 1:
3. Be able to use knowledge of plants.

District Outcome 2:

Detailed Description:
Baneberries can be red or white, as few as two berries can kill a child. Help students to identify the poisonous plants which grow in their area. The berries that are listed above are edible. They can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed, jelled or made into akutaq.

ACTIVITIES: Field trips, collect leaves, pick berries, make akutaq, jam, jellies, press plants, laminate, label and make into books, find the medicinal uses. Resource people can be invited to the classrooms to talk about the plants they use for medicine, or pick to eat or preserve for winter use.

Specific Grading Critieria:
> The students will identify plants by name or by sight, and also to learn many uses of the plants and the poisonous plants that are fatal.
> They will be able to name the berries in Yup'ik or English.
> The students will learn the names of local berries that grow along the Kuskokwim area.

General Grading Critieria:
>Completeness and accuracy

SCAN Skill
Systems: Understands complex inter-relationships

Resources
Teacher, elder, plants, pots, paper, pencil,

Specific Grading Critieria> The students will identify plants by name or by sight, and also to learn many uses of the plants and the poisonous plants that are fatal.
> They will be able to name the berries in Yup'ik or English.
> The students will learn the names of local berries that grow along the Kuskokwim area.

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