1. PYP Unit Summary<br />Line of InquiryObjectivesAssessmentTransdisciplinary ConnectionFocus Skill/Strategy Writing FocusPYP AttitudesWeek 1How do substances go together and how can they be taken apart.Introduction to investigation 1SWBAT Explain how certain substances can be separated with screens and filters.SWBAT Identify substances that make a special kind of mixture. (salt and water etc.)Teacher Observations (Informal notes on students progress)Assessment ChartsStudents sheets 2 and 3, 4 and 5Social Studies: Students will learn about salt and elements of the Dead Sea and Lake Bakel.Students will learn about Henry Cavendish (Scientist)Compare and ContrastStudents will compare and contrast the different substances that make up Earth’s atmoshere.EnthusiasmCooperationWeek 2How do substances go together and how can they be taken apart.How does saturation occur and what are its limits.Investigation 1 and begin 2SWBAT Explain how certain substances can be separated with screens and filters. (Continued from last week)SWBAT Identify substances that make a special kind of mixture. (salt and water etc.) (Continued from last week)SWBAT Identify the saturation limits of salt, citric acid and water.Teacher Observations (Informal notes on students progress)Assessment ChartsStudents sheets 6 and7 Reading: Students will read about decompression sickness pages 13-17.Social Studies: Students will learn about Washington Roebling.Making InferencesMain Ideas/ and detailsStudents will write an informative essay on research they do on citrus fruits and citric acid.EnthusiasmCooperationWeek 3How does saturation occur and what are its limits.Why are certain chemicals identifiable by their solubility.Investigation 2 and begin 3SWBAT Identify the saturation limits of salt, citric acid and water.SWBAT Identify explain the process of identifying an unknown chemical by its solubilitySWBAT Determine different concentrations of certain material in different drinks.Teacher Observations (Informal notes on students progress)Assessment ChartsStudent response sheet 10, 11 and 21Social Studies: Students will learn about Karl Wilhelm.Reading: Students will read a short article about the power of citric acid.Making InferencesMain Ideas/ and detailsStudents will continue working on their informative essay about citrus fruits.CuriosityWeek 4How is concentration of a material measured in water.How can tell which of two soft-drink solutions is more concentrated.(Investigation 3 parts 1 and 2)SWBAT Determine different concentrations of certain material in different mixtures.Teacher Observations (Informal notes on students progress)Assessment ChartsStudent response sheet 11, 12, 13 Reading: Students will read about how to grow your own crystals.Social Studies: Students will discover more about the planet Earth and how air is a solution that is concentrated with many different substances.Making InferencesMain Ideas/ and detailsStudents will begin writing their scientific process on their own mixture. Their thinking process will include observations made in class, organizing their information and relating it to what they learned.AppreciationCuriosityWeek 5Investigation 3 part 3Investigation 4SWBAT Determine different concentrations of certain material in different mixtures.SWBAT be able to investigate and create properties of chemical reactions.Teacher Observations include checking for organized data and correct conclusions. Reading: Students will read about how to grow your own crystals.Cause and effect.Student will continue working on writing from week 4Creativity<br />?<br />
