PYP Unit Planner – Grade

Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the planet

Central Idea: Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance of organisms within systems.
Lines of Inquiry: Ways in which ecosystems, biomes and environments are interdependent.
How human interaction with the environment can effect the balance of systems.
The consequences of imbalance within the ecosystems.

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Provocation: Prior Students Group Students will Students will do a group activity
Mystery Word – assessment. will watch a outdoor divide into to show how the living things are
Walk game on Students will video about connected to each other in the
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literacy related to abiotic of ecosystem The students will be asked
letter. Once all the
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biodiversity like compone of their to do a pairing activity in
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abiotic, population, nts and group.(diora which one student will write
identified students
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show presentations the partner will complete the
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Task:
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understanding in circles(doug article and they reflect their with the environment affects the
the planet understanding on a
the form of art on hnuts reading ecosystems. After the task they
earth. worksheet.
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human
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beings and
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give a report
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how their
mention the biomes..gue ent can multiplication of
basic needs
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are fulfilled to
story. gameStude balance time. hours clock time.
survive.
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reflect their research
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hours
clock
time.
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Expert talk on
human interaction Group FA - 2 Game Students will do Students will watch a video and
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ecosystems by actions about the students imbalance within consequences of imbalance
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children will reflect ecosystem childhood an animal understanding. ENG: The students will be given
their s. compare it they want different pictures and asked to
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through a ENG: The environment write it on students will
worksheet. students will now and a piece of create a story in MATH : Task on time.
ENG : prior read, listen present it tape and the form of art.
knowledge to audios, through venn put it on
assessment on research diagram. their shirt. MATH :
simile and and list out Give reasons They will Assessment.
metaphor with many for the go out an
examples similes and changes you area that
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time. between m. There
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the
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their
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colour
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teacher
will
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each
colour
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plant,
predator
meat,
scavenge
r meat,
water,
shelter,
pollution.
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students
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back their
coins
which are
not
suitable
to that
animal.
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show
how
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between
animals
and
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