3rd Grade

(the ways in which we reflect on, extent and enjoy our creativity)

Central Idea: 

 

Lines of Inquiry:

(rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resource with other people and with other living things)

Central Idea: Change causes organisms to adapt

 

Lines of Inquiry:

survival 

inherited traits

environmental change

 

Key Concepts: connections, perspective, causation

 

Related Concepts: Interdependence, Change, Adaptations

(an inquiry into the origin in place and time)

Central Idea: Human movement is a response to challenges, risks and opportunities

 

Lines of Inquiry:

pushes and pulls

multicultural awareness 

response to migration 

 

Key Concepts: form, change, perspective

 

Related concepts: Geography, Diversity, Environment

 (nature of self)

Central Idea: Relationships help us understand ourselves and others

 

Lines of Inquiry:

personal abilities and interest

roles and behaviors within relationships

conflict resolution

 

Key Concepts: balanced, connection, responsibility 

 

Related concepts: Relationships, Community, Rights

(the structure and function of organizations)

Central Idea: Economics impact communities.

 

Lines of Inquiry:

needs and wants

production and exchange of goods and services

necessary structures for success

 

Key Concepts: responsibility, connection, perspective

 

Related concepts: Economics, Communities, Structure

(the interaction between the natural world and human societies)

Central Idea: nature's patterns have forces

 

Lines of Inquiry:

patterns help make weather predictions

weather affects regions around the world 

preparedness for weather and forces

 

Key Concepts: causation, connection, responsibility

 

Related concepts: Technology, Cycle, Societies