Mrs Bryan’s Bright Bunch

Transdisciplinary Theme

How the world works – an inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.

Central Idea:

Goods go through several stages of production before they get to homes.

Key Concepts:

Function: – how does it work?

Connections: – how is it connected to other things?

An inquiry into:

• The stages/processes that products go through
• The  jobs involved in these stages/processes

Web Resources

Kin Kora School Farm to Table Resource Page

4H Virtual Farm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things.shtml

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/factors_plant_growth/eng/Introduction/default.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/science/lifecycles.swf

http://www.freshforkids.com.au/fruit_pages/fruit.html