BODY SYSTEMS Bumper Inquiry unit with Explanation Writing guides Grades 3-6
BODY SYSTEMS Bumper Inquiry unit with Explanation Writing guides aimed at Grades 3-6 is a comprehensive inquiry unit that will help you to set up and run both teacher guided and student lead inquiries with your students. Over 130 pages of ideas, resources, graphic organisers and photographs. Updated in 2021, now separated into the following 2 products for easy use:
1. Teacher guided inquiry unit for the digestive system. Teach your students about the stages of a robust inquiry process. Students work in cooperative groups as they develop these skills. The first, teacher directed inquiry product contains the following items:
- Central idea suggested for inquiry (poster & student hand-out)
- Key concepts suggested (poster & student hand-out)
- Inquiry Cycle diagram (poster & student hand-out)
- Links to blog - view lessons in action
- Teacher directed inquiry into the Digestive System
The Teacher directed / guided inquiry unit focuses on the digestive system and includes:
- Explanation writing criteria (Teacher & student version)
- Explanation writing checklist (Teacher & student version)
- Explanation writing posters
- Asking focused questions graphic organisers
- Exploring a range of resources
- Digestive system information texts - 2 levels
- Digestive system diagrams
- Digestive system glossary
- Digestive system experiment
- Links to video resources
- Experiment write-up graphic organiser
- Group / shared writing graphic organisers
- Assessment rubrics
2. Student lead inquiry unit for their choice of a body system. Now step back and guide your students through the stages of a robust inquiry process into the body system of their choice. Students may work on independent or group based research and presentations. This student lead inquiry resource partners with the teacher lead/ modelled inquiry for the digestive system, and contains the following items:
- Student lead inquiry into a body systems of choice
- Classroom photos of unit in action
- All support materials and teacher models
- Student hand-outs
- On-line research links
- Inquiry management systems
- Variety of assessment and self assessment formats
- Presentation ideas.
Student lead inquiry unit into a Body System of own choice, includes:
- Prior knowledge check
- How many systems are there? (home learning, library time or independent reading option)
(These 2 can be switched around or run at the same time)
- Explanation criteria (posters and student hand-out)
- Student choice posters
- Student questions
- Identifying common themes for research
- Student note-taking / note-making sheets
- Using the Google Drive (or similar) as an author’s wheel
- Peer reviewing
- Reference web links for all Body systems
- Presentation options
- Assessment Rubric sample
- Extras - Math links etc
The two products are over 130 pages. Please view the images before purchasing. The video preview below shows closeups of Part 2 - Student lead inquiry.
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