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Unit 6: How the world works
Unit 6: How the world works
May 3rd - June 18th
Central Idea: An inquiry into the ways humans interact with the world around them through the use of technology.
Central Idea: An inquiry into the ways humans interact with the world around them through the use of technology.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Choose from the other forms of transportation from other countries and which of any do we need here in Dallas and why in a poster.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students will be researching the differences in types of transportation. Students will also discuss and present how transportation has changed over the years and how it has affected our environment.
Choice: Students will choose the form of transportation that they feel is necessary in their community.
Ownership: Students will present why they believe their community needs a new form of transportation.
Student Action
Student Action
Students will take what they learn about different types of transportation and decide if/which transportation would be useful in their community.
Students will provide reasoning behind their responses in order to make connections to what they have learned throughout the unit and the year.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role, or a way of behaving can be investigated.
What is transportation?
What are the different types of transportation?
Why is transportation necessary?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
How has transportation helped us?
How has technology affected transportation?
How has our environment and living things been affected by transportation?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having all these modes of transportation?
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
How has it affected our environment?
Where we live can determine our transportation?
How has transportation changed through the years?
How has technology changed transportation?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: non-fiction texts, research chosen topics, Text features.
Social Studies: Take some responsibilities as a community and take care of our environment.
Math: Geometry and time and measurement spacial awareness, comparison of a smaller or larger quantity
Reading: Comprehension of videos and books.
Science: Conservation, geography, and environment
Summative Assessments - Student Work
Summative Assessments - Student Work
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