Natural cycles and patterns impact living things.
Lines of Inquiry
- Changes in natural cycles and patterns (change)
- Relationships between natural cycles/patterns and living things (connection)
- Practices to understand the natural world (function)
Additional Concepts
cycles, patterns, interdependence, survival, observation, investigation
HR Vision
- Forest School as provocation for unit
- PBL will be connected to this unit: Project: writing a book/guide to Mongolian weather and how to dress appropriately. Forest School to launch and be used for investigations into changing weather/ seasons.
- Looking at how those cycles impact us and other living things.
- Data collected will be used to write a non-fiction book. Perhaps each child will have a page.
Integration
| Literacy genre |
Math |
Mongolian |
PSPE |
PA |
Maker Space |
Library |
SEL |
| emergent skills; play workshop launched. - looking at patterns in spelling, rhyming, |
patterns |
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connect with patterns, rhythmic patterns, form and contrast in dance and music |
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Dressing for the Weather
Students explored how natural cycles and weather affect the way we live and dress. Using foil, clay, fabric, drawing, and collage, students created figures that show body parts and experiment with different outfits for various weather conditions. Through this process, they learned to observe, imagine, and collaborate while expressing their ideas creatively.
Learning Target
- I can make a figure that shows a head, arms, and legs.
- I can notice how weather changes what people wear.