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Unit 3: How the world works
Unit 3: How the world works
An inquiry into the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and the environment.
January 9 - March 10
Central Idea: As humans learn more about laws that govern how our universe functions, inventions and technological advances have changed the way we interact with the world around us.
Central Idea: As humans learn more about laws that govern how our universe functions, inventions and technological advances have changed the way we interact with the world around us.
END of UNIT Assessment
END of UNIT Assessment
By the end of the Unit, my student will:
By the end of the Unit, my student will:
make an invention
make an invention
Student Action:
Student Action:
Choose: Students will focus on a problem in the world around them.
Act: Students will solve a problem they notice in the world through a new invention.
Reflect: Did my invention make the world a better place?
Student Agency:
Student Agency:
Voice: Students will plan their own invention to determine how it will help and who it may help.
Learners will share out and celebrate each invention idea.
After completion of mapping idea chart, students will turn and talk to present what they have chosen as their idea.
As we move along throughout the summative assessment, students will share out & celebrate what they have accomplished.
Choice: Students will be able to choose and make their own invention using historical figures and their inventions as guides. Students will analyze real-world problems, decide what problem they would like to solve, and determine how their invention can help.
Students have the choice of what materials they will use as they move along in their summative as well.
Ownership: Learners will present their invention and communicate how it helps others. Learners will apply knowledge of inventions over time, different forms of energy and technology to create their invention. After presenting, learners will be able to respond to questions, wonderings and likes. Audience will celebrate their classmates’ creativity.
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role, or way of behaving that can be investigated.
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Related Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Reading: Timelines, nonfiction text about technology, historical figures, scientists.
Math: Comparing numbers, financial literacy (coins), ways to earn income, how a shape impacts the function of an object.
Science: Simple machines, Earth, Sun, Moon, Stars, forms of energy, heating and cooling, planets.
Social Studies: Then and now, Timelines, Maps, Impacts of historical figures
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