The Changing World
Elements of Change
Rationale
Many things in our lives keep changing, some of them we control and some of them we don't.
Investigation Into
- Our changing community
- Using senses to identify change
- Our changing seasons
- How living things change to survive
Essential Questions
- How have things changed since my grandparents were my age?
- How do the seasons change our world?
- How can we use our senses to help us learn about our changing world?
- How do living things change to survive?
Future Action
Students will be more aware of changes in their lives and will understand that change is all around us. They will appreciate why things change and what might change in the future. They will be more aware of how they can use their senses to develop clearer understandings of the world around them.
Pretesting and Familiarisation
The Concept Of Change
Your students will be immersed into the concept of Change as they cut images out of magazines and draw how those objects will change in the future.
Your students will be immersed into the concept of Change as they cut images out of magazines and draw how those objects will change in the future.
Immersion
Your students will be immersed into the concept of change as they watch time-lapse videos.
Your students will be immersed into the concept of change as they watch time-lapse videos.
Pretest
Your students will complete a pretest about what they know about change.
Your students will complete a pretest about what they know about change.
Introducing The Unit
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence.
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence.
A Glossary Of Change
Your students will place glossary words on a Word Wall next to the first letter of each word.
Your students will place glossary words on a Word Wall next to the first letter of each word.
Habit of Mind: Questioning And Posing Problems
Your students will be introduced to the Habit of Mind of Questioning and Posing Problems.
Your students will be introduced to the Habit of Mind of Questioning and Posing Problems.
Habit of Mind: Gathering Data Through All Senses
Your students will consider their senses to describe objects as they learn about the habit of 'Gathering Data Through All Senses'.
Your students will consider their senses to describe objects as they learn about the habit of 'Gathering Data Through All Senses'.
Learning Opportunities
Sharing Changes In Our Community
Your students will practise making eye contact and speaking clearly as they share what they learnt about how their community has changed.
Your students will practise making eye contact and speaking clearly as they share what they learnt about how their community has changed.
Growing Beans: First Observation
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Writing About Senses
Your students will practise their writing skills as they use words that they used in a previous task.
Your students will practise their writing skills as they use words that they used in a previous task.
Changing Seasons
Your students will consider how our lives change as a result of the changing seasons.
Your students will consider how our lives change as a result of the changing seasons.
How A Living Thing Might Change
Your students will consider how a living thing might change as it gets older.
Your students will consider how a living thing might change as it gets older.
Growing Beans: Second Observation
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Changing Countries
Your students will be immersed into the changes that someone experiences when they move to this country.
Your students will be immersed into the changes that someone experiences when they move to this country.
Hide And Seek: Chameleons
Your students will learn how chameleons can change their appearance to hide in their habitat.
Your students will learn how chameleons can change their appearance to hide in their habitat.
Hide And Seek: Treasure Map
Your students will learn about mapping as they create and use maps to find hidden treasure.
Your students will learn about mapping as they create and use maps to find hidden treasure.
Growing Beans: Third Observation
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Your students will learn about how living things grow as they observe changes to a bean seed.
Changing Objects
Your students will learn how technology has changed and how these changes affect peoples' lives.
Your students will learn how technology has changed and how these changes affect peoples' lives.
Combining Objects
Your students will work in groups to combine two or more objects to make a new object.
Your students will work in groups to combine two or more objects to make a new object.
Demonstration of Understanding
Changes In My World
Your students will contribute to a class book about changes by drawing images showing things that change in their world.
Your students will contribute to a class book about changes by drawing images showing things that change in their world.
Future Action
Future Action
Your students will consider a change that they are looking forward to in the future.
Your students will consider a change that they are looking forward to in the future.