New Unit - How the World Works

Greetings Parents, 
Below is an overview of our new unit.  We are seeking guest speakers from this field area; if know of anyone who might be willing to visit, please contact Ms. D. 

Additional resources can be found through our library database here: http://aswarsaw.libguides.com/eslibrary

How the World Works
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.

Central Idea
Human survival is connected to understanding the continual changing nature of the Earth.

Lines of Inquiry

• Different components of the Earth
• Why the Earth changes
• Human responses to the Earth’s changes

Concepts
Form- What is it like?
Change - How is it changing?
Causation- Why is it like it is?

Vocabulary
Survival
Geology
Mineral
Soil
Erosion
Disaster
Plates
Pollution
Global Warming

At home learning opportunities

• Discuss key vocabulary
• Look at the environment around your home (soil, trees, what is man-made, what is nature)
• Discuss the different careers or roles related to human survival, understanding our Earth, or support with natural disasters
• Use any recent or past environmental events to discuss human interaction, impact, or relation
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Curriculum Integration
Language Arts

• building multilingual understanding of keywords related to the unit
• Apply understanding of information and nonfiction text (including online resources) to research questions and topics
• Acquire new skills related to persuasive writing and development of complex sentences
• Further develop reading comprehension     

Mathematics

• Reading graphs, charts, diagrams
• Collecting data through observation
• Organizing data and interpreting results

Skills
Research Skills

• Recording data: Testing rock samples, observing samples, drawing  observations, language arts note taking
• Formulating questions: how to develop questions lessons, provocation, videos reflection to generate questions,  

Self-management Skills

• Safety: science safety lessons
• Fine-motor skills: using small tools for science  

Communication Skills

• Writing: note taking, what makes a report, writing observations, reflections
• Viewing: how to make a prediction before/during video, video reflection, guiding questions to look for within video

Thinking Skills

• Acquisition of knowledge: experiments, web based investigations relating to rocks and form and change, videos, informational text writing, connecting geography back to home country,
• Synthesis: how to do a keynote presentation, exploring the layers of the earth, how to write a report, how stages of rock cycle work together.writing- building and bringing knowledge together to create a report, Art-

Social Skills

• Adopting a variety of group roles