Unit+1+Exploration

=Key Question: = What can we learn from exploring new places and things? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * What might we discover in a new neighborhood?
 * Why would anyone want to explore space?
 * What can we discover by exploring nature?
 * What can we learn by exploring the desert?
 * When we are searching for answers, whom can we ask?

= Web Resources: = http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/Escience.html = = = = =[|Reading A-Z:]= Level G Ants, Ants, and More Ants nf Level L Fantastic Flying Machines nf Level J Wonders of Nature nf Level L World Holidays nf Level M Aesop's Fables f

=[|Discovery Streaming:] = All About Neighborhoods Let's Explore: In the City Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Getting Around The Sky Above: A First Look

= IS Resources: = All About Neighborhoods video 12 minutes Primary audience 43160-2 Cities Are Different and Alike video 11 minutes primary/intermediate 40506 City, Suburb and Rural Communities video 16 minutes primary 43804 Let's Explore! In the City video 18 minutes primary 43522 Neighborhood and Community video 22 minutes primary/intermediate 42844 Neighborhoods and Communities, I video 26 minutes primary 4867-2 Neighborhoods and Communities, II video 28 minutes primary 4866-2 Neighborhoods and Communities, III video 25 minutes primary 4865-2

= Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Picture Books:
In My Neighborhood. Schuh 307.3 SCH My Neighborhood: Places and Faces. Bullard F BUL I Got Community. Cooper F COO Community Helpers From A-Z Kalman, Bobbie 32p 331.7 KAL (Carl Ben Eielson, Century, Kelly, Twining, Viking, Winship) What is a Community?: from A-Z Kalman, Bobbie 307 KAL (Kelly, Winship)

Chapter Books:
=Library Media Collections: = = Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: Research Places to Explore = If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Children research and plan a trip to a place where they would explore new and exciting things.

(Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]