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Unit Summaries

Wings of Discovery® Kindergarten Learning Units (Volume 10, 11 & 12 available in French/disponibles en Français)

Why Live Here? iconVolume 1: Why Live Here?  Explore real and model animal habitats to investigate why animals live where they do.

Material World iconVolume 2: Material World  Investigate everyday materials and develop an understanding of their properties by exploring, and sorting for recycling, a variety of familiar objects.

Healthy Me iconVolume 3: Healthy Me! Investigate several major body parts as a way of learning about personal health and disease prevention.

Symphony of Sound iconVolume 4: Symphony of Sound  Investigate a variety of familiar objects, including musical instruments to develop an understanding of how and why sound happens.    

Go, toys, Go! iconVolume 5: Go, Toys, Go!  Investigate a variety of toys as a way of learning about sources of energy including batteries, moving air and elastic bands.

Let's Build iconVolume 6: Let's Build  Explore, fabricate, and manipulate a variety of tools and techniques to shape and fasten familiar materials.

Rockhounds iconVolume 7: Rockhounds  Investigate the fascinating world of rocks and their classification through exploring rocks of many different colours, patterns, sizes and textures.

Bounce and Roll iconVolume 8: Bounce and Roll  Investigate how different balls bounce and roll to develop an understanding of forces, motion and fair testing.             

Sensational PlantsVolume 9: Sensational Plants  Develop an understanding of the characteristics and needs of plants by exploring and caring for live plants in the classroom.           

Insect Investigators iconVolume 10: Insect Investigators  Develop an understanding of insects by observing, exploring live insects in their natural habitats, as well as role-playing insect behaviour.

Volume 10 : Découvrons les insectes  Dans cette unité d’apprentissage, les élèves étudient les insectes en tant qu’êtres vivants. C’est par l’observation et l’exploration d’insectes vivants dans leurs habitats naturels et les jeux de rôles sur le comportement des insectes qu’ils approfondissent leur compréhension des insectes.

Weather Watchers iconVolume 11: Weather Watchers  Develop an understanding of weather by exploring air temperature, cloud cover, precipitation and wind – using student-made and commercial measuring devises.    

Volume 11 : Découvrons le temps  Dans cette unité d’apprentissage, les élèves explorent un aspect des sciences de la Terre : le temps. À l’aide d’instruments de mesure qu’ils auront fabriqués ou que l’on trouve dans le commerce, ils apprendront à connaître le temps en explorant ses aspects les plus évidents, soit la température de l’air, la couverture nuageuse, les précipitations et le vent.

Patterns in Time iconVolume 12: Patterns in Time  Develop an understanding of seasonal patterns by exploring how plants, animals and people adapt to the seasons.

Volume 12 : Découvrons les saisons  Dans cette unité d’apprentissage, les élèves explorent le cycle saisonnier des événements appartenant aux domaines physique et biologique. Ils approfondissent leur compréhension du cycle des événements saisonniers en examinant la manière dont les plantes, les animaux et les êtres humains s’adaptent aux saisons.

Science is a way of knowing and thinking about the natural and physical world.

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