Inquiry Unit: Homes

Level: Kindergarten (Early Years in the PYP)

Transdiciplinary Theme: Who We Are Central Idea: We build our homes from what we have to suit our environment. Lines of Inquiry:
  • Different materials
  • Different kinds of homes
  • Different kinds of environments
Inquiry Unit Key concepts:
  • Form, connection
Related concepts:
  • Structure, impact, relationship
Skills
  • Research skills – formulating questions, observing, collecting data, recording data, organizing data, presenting research findings.
  • Self-management skills- spatial awareness, fine motor skills
  • Communication skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting
  • Thinking skills – acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, application
  • Social Skills – accepting responsibility, respecting others, cooperating, resolving conflict
Attitude:
  • Appreciation, curiosity, enthusiasm, respect
Profile:
  • Knowledgeable, Inquirer, communicator, open-minded
What teacher questions/provocations will drive these inquiries?
  • What types of homes do people and animals live in?
  • How does weather, climate and geography affect the type of home we live in?
  • How do the materials in our environment affect the type of home we live in?
Teaching Resources: Movies: Finding Nemo, Pengu the Penguin, Bambi II Materials: Clay, Lego blocks, old sheets, used boxes, various toy animals, finding nemo poster, classroom display of different environments, toy house, underwater posters. Books: Sam and Pepper’s Tree House, Penguin book, Bird’s Nest, At Home, A Tree is a Home, A monster House, There’s No Place Like Home, Animal Homes, Turtles, Panda Book, Animals That Build, Whose House Is This, The New House, A House, In My Home, Commotion in the Ocean. Coloring Sheets: coloring pages for animals, animal homes, people homes, various worksheets of animals and their homes. Manipulatives: ice cubes to make igloos, tree trunks for log cabins, mud blocks to make mud homes. Unit of Inquiry teaching ideas:

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