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3rd Grade Units of Inquiry

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Colorful, playful letters spelling %22Express Ourselves%22 are set against a pale yellow background with a striped border at the bottom.

An inquiry into systems, structures, and  networks through:

▪ inspiration, imagination, creativity ▪ personal, social, and cultural notes and practices of communication ▪ intentions, perceptions,  interpretations, and responses

Central Idea: Cultures impact each other

Lines of Inquiry:

  1. Aspects of culture
  2. The ways cultures interact and influence each other
  3. How culture guides expression

Specified Concepts: Connection, Perspective, Change

 

Colorful, playful letters spelling %22SPRING THE PLAY%22 are set against a light yellow background with a border of brown dots and a green wavy pattern.

An inquiry into the interdependence of  human and natural worlds through:

▪ rights, responsibilities, and dignity of all ▪ pathways to just, peaceful, and reimagined futures ▪ nature, complexity, coexistence, and wisdom

Central Idea: Change cause organisms to adapt

Lines of Inquiry: 

  1. Survival and adaptation    
  2. Inherited traits 
  3. How environments change  

Specified Concepts: Function, Responsibility, Change

 

Colorful, playful letters spelling out %22WHERE WE ARE & THIS%22 are set against a dark, textured background with a subtle pattern.

An inquiry into histories and orientation in  place, space, and time through: 

▪ periods, events, and artifacts  ▪ communities, heritage, culture, and environment ▪ natural and human drivers of movement, adaptation, and  transformation

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

Lines of Inquiry:

  1. Pushes and Pulls                                 
  2. Multicultural awareness 
  3. Response to Migration 

Specified Concepts: Form, Causation, Perspective

 

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An inquiry into identity as individuals and as  part of a collective through:

▪ physical, emotional, social and spiritual health and well-being▪ relationships and   belonging ▪ learning and growing

  Central Idea: Relationships help us understand ourselves and the world around us

Lines of Inquiry: 

  1. Roles and behaviors within relationships
  2. Personal abilities and interests
  3. Conflict resolution

Specified Concepts: Connection, Responsibility, Change

 

Two cartoon children, a girl with blonde pigtails and a boy with dark curly hair, stand on a white background holding chalk and writing %22How We Organise Ourselves%22 on a blackboard.

An inquiry into systems, structures, and  networks through:

▪ inspiration, imagination, creativity ▪ personal, social, and cultural notes and practices of communication ▪ intentions, perceptions,  interpretations, and responses

Central Idea: Cultures impact each other

Lines of Inquiry:

  1. Aspects of culture
  2. The ways cultures interact and influence each other
  3. How culture guides expression

Specified Concepts: Connection, Perspective, Change

 

Bold black text reading %22HOW THE WORLD WORKS%22 is superimposed over a light blue background with faint circular diagrams, while the upper portion of the image features a cream background with intricate technical drawings and a black border at the very top.

 

An inquiry into the understandings of the  world and phenomena through:

▪ patterns, cycles, systems ▪ diverse practices, methods, and tools▪ discovery, design, innovation, possibilities, and impacts

Central Idea: Patterns and forces of nature

Lines of Inquiry:  

  1. Weather affects regions around the world 
  2. Patterns of forces and motion help make weather predictions
  3. Preparedness for weather and forces

Specified Concepts: Connection, Causation, Responsibility