Kinder

Unit 4: Sharing the planet

April 12th - June 18th

Choose a habit they want to study, then create plants and animals that live in the habitat. These plants and animals can be created from the student's imagination but must fit into the habitat.

Students will be able to choose their own animal or plant and their own habitat. They will have to internalize what they have learned and apply the content in a unique, innovative way.

Students will create a plan for how they will make better choices to care for their defined community.

Form: The understanding that everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described, and categorized.
- What is a habitat?
- How are habitats different/same?
- What is a living thing? Non-living thing?
- What is a landform?
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
- Why do people and plants need water?
- Where do you fit in on the food chain?
- How does energy move through the food chain?
- How are plant life cycles the same/different than animal life cycles?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
- How do plants and animals help each other in a habitat?
- What is the difference between food chains and food webs?

Reading: Nonfiction books (reviewing concepts) about habitats and animals
Math: Attributes of shapes relating to elements of habitats, capacity/measurement of bodies of water, the best way to measure land features, how much space does a living creature need
Science: Nonfiction books about habitats, animals, landforms/bodies of water, characteristics of plants, food chains/webs
Social Studies: Nonfiction books about landforms and bodies of water

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