Name of Unit: What’s Alive?
Theme: Sharing the Planet
An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationship within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution
Central Idea: All living things have basic needs
Lines of Inquiry:
· the difference between living and non-living
· similarities and differences between plants and animals
· basic needs of plants and animals
· caring for plants and animals
Ways to support student learning at home:
· Go for a walk outside and inside and decide what’s living or non-living.
· Talk about the differences between living and non-living
· Go to the library and find books about plants and animals
· If you have a pet, talk about the needs of the pet and what your family needs to do to look after it
· Plant a small garden and help your child care for the garden and find out what they need to do to keep it growing
· Look at plants and animals in nature and discuss how the drought is making it difficult for living things, including us!
Most of all have fun talking with your child and finding out things together!
