CANARY THE SCHOOL

Theme: Sharing the planet - Grade - 1( 2022 -23)

Central Idea: Living things depend on resources for growth and survival.
Lines of Inquiry:
1.Needs and wants of living things.
2. Relationships of living things with the environment.
3. Sharing of resources with other living things.
Key Concepts: Change, connection, responsibility
Related Concepts: Growth, interdependence, opinion, questioning
ATL: Research Skills and Thinking Skills

Thematic words:
1.soil
2.water
3.sunlight
4.clothes
5.growth
6.environment
7.resources
8.living things
9.habitat
10.interdependence

Living things: Living things are the things that are alive.People,animals and plants are living
things.They can breathe,eat ,grow,move and give birth to their young ones(reproduce).
Example : Dog, cat, fish, humans and plants etc.

Lines of Inquiry-1: Needs and wants of living things.

Key concept: Responsibility
Learner profile attribute:Caring
Needs: Needs are the things that we must have to survive.
water,air,food,shelter,clothes are needed.
Wants: Wants are the things we desire to make life more
comfortable and enjoyable.
Cars, toys,mobile,t.v,books are wanted.
Needs and wants of living things:
T-Chart on needs and wants of human:

Needs Wants

food toys
air cycle
shelter t.v
clothes bag
water computer
medicines jewel
money video games

Needs of animals:
Animals need : 1. Food → for growth and energy.
2. Water→ to survive
3. Shelter→ a place to live ,for protection
4. Air→ to breathe
Needs of plants:
Plants need : 1. Sunlight→ gives energy to grow
2. Air→ takes co2
3. Water—> to survive
4.Space—> to grow
5. Soil—>for nutrients
Resources:
A resource is something that people use to meet their needs.
Resources are natural and artificial resources.
Natural resources are sunlight,air, and water .
Artificial resources are man-made which are vehicles,books, machines,toys,t.v etc.
Environment:
● Environment is everything around us.
● All our surroundings including air, water, soil, plants and animals make the environment.
● We all depend on the environment to live, grow and be happy.

Line of inquiry - 2. Relationships of living things with the environment.

Key concept: Connection.
Learner profile attribute:Principled.

Interdependence of Living Things

All living things depend on their environment to supply them

with what they need, including food, water, and shelter.They
are interdependent on each other with the environment.

● Plants are dependent on animals and humans .

● Animals are dependent on plants and humans.
● Humans are dependent on animals and plants .

Line of inquiry - 3: Sharing of resources with other living things.

Key concept: responsibility
Learner profile attribute: Open minded

Plants share resources to other living things:

Animals share resources to other living things:

Humans share resources to other living things: