Moree East Public School

2013 : Term 2 : Weeks 2-8

Kindergarten

Changes
An integrated unit looking at how people and plants change over time.
Tis The Season for Change. Autumn is a Time for Colours. Change is Everywhere. Kindergarten and Year 1 students are going to investigate many types of changes in their lives, the lives of others, nature and the environment around Moree. Through experiments, observations discussions and investigations, change will be explored. This unit is based on Science and Technology and Human Society and Its Environment Outcomes however, there are integrations from across many KLAs including: Creative Arts, English, Mathematics and PD.H.PE.

. Courtney McLennan .

Moree East Public School

2013 : Term 2 : Weeks 2-8

Kindergarten

Outcomes
Science Living Things ES1.3: Identifies ways in which living things are different and have different needs. Investigating ES1.7: Investigates their surroundings by observing, questioning, exploring and reporting. Designing and Making ES1.8 Generates own ideas and designs through trial and error, play, modelling and making. Using Technology ES1.9: Identifies and uses a limited range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources when undertaking exploration and production.

HSIE

. Courtney McLennan .

Moree East Public School

2013 : Term 2 : Weeks 2-8

Kindergarten

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Potatoes

Topic & Basic Lesson Ideas

Two potatoes put in the cupboard in a box in store room Two Potatoes to put beside window sill Discuss what changes we might see Throughout the duration of unit observe and record the changes to the potatoes in each location. Throughout unit take photos in iMotionHD to develop a stop motion video of changes Read Potato People Pamella Allen. Cook potatoes in a variety of ways to show changes: boiled, mashed, baked, chips, wedges

Assessment
Identifies some changes that may happen to a potato Is aware of the task that is taking place

Register

Then.Now.Future
Look at Photos of Miss M since she was a baby. Discuss changes that have happened in students lives. List Things we did as babies, Things we do now, Things we might do in the future.

Students identify, describe and discuss changes in Miss McLennans photos. Students discuss some photos they could bring from home Assists with guided writing tasks Attempts independent writing Uses some correct letters to portray message through writing. Identifies, describes and discusses some changes other than those already discussed Participates in practise and Performs in class song and dance for residents Interacts with residents in polite manner

2 and 3

Send notes home

Writng When I was little I could. When I am big I want to. Changes > What Do We Know?...
Discuss (ourselves, food, clothes, habitats, environments, etc) Watch videos get ideas flowing. Title page.

Visit
Meet residents Sing Colour in

. Courtney McLennan .

Moree East Public School

2013 : Term 2 : Weeks 2-8

Kindergarten

Plants growing
Discuss plants growing Watch stop motions Plant broad been seed in CD case Take first photo. Take a photo each day using iMotionHD to develop a stop motion video Record changes in table

Identifies, describes and discusses some features of a growing plant Identifies and names parts of a plant

Writng We planted a seed in the CD case Visit 4

Sing song Plant vegie garden

The Growing and Changing of US

Remind students to bring in photos Send notes home again Look at photos that have come in Recap..

Then.Now.Future
Look at Photos of Miss M since she was a baby. Discuss changes that have happened in students lives. List Things we did as babies, Things we do now, Things we might do in the future.

Plants Growing 5
Discuss how healthy food helps us grow Eat fruit and veggies

use cut flowers to soak up coloured water to change the colours of the petals

Healthy Growing
Discuss how healthy food helps us grow Eat fruit and veggies

. Courtney McLennan .

Moree East Public School

2013 : Term 2 : Weeks 2-8

Kindergarten

The Growing and Changing of US

Students use their pictures iPads to create an iBook of their life and that visual changes that have taken place (if students dont have pictures that may draw pictures)

Seasons
Discuss and Watch videos get ideas flowing. Topics to look at: trees/plants, temperature, clothing, animals Sort clothing according to seasons / ages Seasons art

Hibernation
Animal : Bird flight migration, polar bears, Wildebeest

Changes in State 8
Change the state of the liquid water to ice and gas.

Potatoes .Take 2.
Revisit the potatoes in the cupboard and on the window sill.

Father and Son by Cat Stevens Wind of Change by Scorpions Teach Your Children by Crosby Stills and Nash Cat's in The Cradle by Harry Chapin Starting Over by John Lennon Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce Living Years by Mike and The Mechanics

. Courtney McLennan .