Kindergarten

 

How We Express Ourselves 

              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: Colors make meaning in our world

Lines of Inquiry:

• Colors in nature 
• Colors change by season 
• Colors affect feelings 

Specified Concepts: connection, change, perspective

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: Human consumption and action impacts the environment

Lines of Inquiry:

• What plants and animals need to survive 
• Impacts of humans on the local environment 
• Caring for the environment 

Specified Concepts: form, causation, responsibility

 

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: Discovering Me in the community

Lines of Inquiry:

• Personal abilities and interests 
• Roles and behaviors within relationships 
• Conflict Resolution 

Specified Concepts: responsibility, connection, perspective 

     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: Weather and climate dictate designs of homes

Lines of Inquiry:

• My physical home 
• How are homes protected from weather elements 
• Homes around the world 

Specified Concepts: form, function, causation