Central

Idea:

Inquiry
Into:

Understanding forces and energy help

create inventions that impact our
lives.

Inventions use simple machines.

Forces create movement.
The impacts of inventions.

How the World Works

Proposed
Dates:

April 8- May 16

Focus:

Science

Concepts:

Function, Causation

Summative Assessment

Unit Title:

Organizing Theme:

Question Teacher

How the World

Works

Objectiv
e:
Audienc
e:
Product
:

Invent a machine that makes an object move.

Peers, parents, teachers

The final product will be drawing of a complex machine that does a job. It includes 4 or more types of
simple machines and arrows to show the direction of the force.
Students will be required to include most of the simple machines in their plan. They must demonstrate
understanding of how the forces work.

How do forces and energy work?

What are simple machines?
How are different simple machines used?

Possible learning experiences: These may take place in individual subject time or within the Unit of Inquiry.
Literacy: -Students will :
Continue to develop reading comprehension strategies by questioning, inferring, visualising and summarising. -Analyse the structural features of an explanation
Reading and narrative texts. Identify important details or facts in fiction and non fiction texts to support an opinion or idea.
Literacy:
Writing

EAL

Math
Science
I.T.
Arabic
Music

Students will:
-Write a summary of the main idea identified in information and explanation texts read.
- Write explanation texts about how their simple and compound machines models work.
- Continue to develop writing a recount text-type about personal experiences using simple similes and metaphors to describe event/experiences.
- Continue to develop their writing editing skills for information, explanation and recount text types.
- Students will continue to focus on the 4 skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening in English.
- Students will learn about explanation texts as a text type.
- Students will continue to learn about the role and function of similes and adjectives.
- Students will practice writing and presenting summaries of stories.
Students will explore the following non standard and standard measurement units:
-Estimate, measure, compare and record area size using nonstandard units. -Estimate, measure, compare and record lengths and distances using
nonstandard and standard units (centimetres, meters) units. Estimate, measure, compare and record capacities using nonstandard and standard
(millilitres, litres) units. Estimate, measure, compare and record the masses of 2 or more objects using nonstandard and standard (gram, kilogram) units.
- Students will investigate forces (ie: gravity, static electricity, friction, air resistance, elastic, muscle power, magnetic), simple machines (ie: wheel and axle,
lever, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, screw) and use the scientific process.
- Students will begin a typing program using Typing Web (2 session introduction)
- Students will explore simple machines using a variety of interactive sites.
- Students will extend and reflect on their knowledge and understanding of the scientific process.
- Students will use their knowledge of simple machines to create their own animations.
- Students will learn vocabulary related to machines found in the living room, dining room and kitchen.
- In General Music, students will start exploring xylophones through theme and variation on Hot Cross Buns. Towards the end of the unit, there will also be
experiences in improvisational movement and listening. In Strings, students will also be learning Hot Cross Buns in addition to starting Mary Had a Little
Lamb. At the end of the unit, students will be introduced to using their 3 rd/4th fingers.

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Students will relate to the UOI through dance, looking at the concepts of form and function. Pupils will brainstorm what they think makes a machine, different
types of machines and how these machines move. They will explore actions that can represent different types of machines and become more confident with
expressing themselves in relation to a stimulus. Students will design a class motif of different machines and their actions to perform as a shadow dance.
- Students will refine their skills in observational drawings and creating detailed diagrams. Students explore texture as an element of art and use a variety of
tools to create texture. We will explore how creating texture in modelling clay requires force (push/pull).
- Students will locate the 600 section of the collection and what topics can been found, machines and manmade science. Students will look at invetions that
have helped libraries such as computers/ tablets and books. Students will continue to use table of contents and indexes to locate desired information in book
sources.