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Unit 2: How the world works
Unit 2: How the world works
September 27th - November 5th
Central Idea: An inquiry into the ways humans interact with the world around them through the use of transportation and energy.
Central Idea: An inquiry into the ways humans interact with the world around them through the use of transportation and energy.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Students 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 Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will choose what they learn about different types of transportation and decide if/which transportation would be useful in their community.
Act: Students will act on their wonderings to learn about how transportation is crucial to their environments and their lives.
Reflect: Students will reflect on their reasoning behind their responses in order to make connections to what they have learned throughout the unit and the year.
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 for their community.
Ownership: Students will present why they believe their community needs a new form of transportation.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
What are the different types of transportation?
Why is transportation necessary?
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
How has technology changed transportation?
Why is transportation important?
How does it affect our environment?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having all these modes of transportation?
What are the different types of transportation locally and globally?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: non-fiction texts, research chosen topics, Text features.
Math: order of number, composing and decomposing numbers
Science: Learning to pay attention to detail and learning to inquire about things you do not know.
Social Studies: Understanding the chronological order of events that have happened or will happen in the future
Art: Taking actions, they will create a poster adding some pictures
Music: https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2011/11/train-songs.html
We can start the lesson engaging students with this song
PE: Different types of physical transportation where people use their bodies such as biking and running
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