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Unit Summaries
Wings of Discovery® Kindergarten Learning Units (Volume 10, 11 & 12 available in French/disponibles en Français)
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Volume 1: Why Live Here? Explore real and model animal habitats to investigate why animals live where they do.
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Volume 2: Material World Investigate
everyday materials and develop an understanding of their properties by
exploring, and sorting for recycling, a variety of familiar objects.
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Volume 3: Healthy Me! Investigate several major body parts as a way of learning about personal health and disease prevention.
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Volume 4: Symphony of Sound Investigate
a variety of familiar objects, including musical instruments to develop an
understanding of how and why sound happens.
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Volume 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.
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Volume 6: Let's Build Explore, fabricate, and manipulate a variety of tools and techniques to shape and fasten familiar materials.
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Volume 7: Rockhounds Investigate
the fascinating world of rocks and their classification
through exploring rocks of many different colours, patterns, sizes
and textures.
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Volume 8: Bounce and Roll Investigate
how different balls bounce and roll to develop an understanding of forces,
motion and fair testing.
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Volume 9: Sensational Plants Develop
an understanding of the characteristics and needs of plants by exploring and
caring for live plants in the classroom.
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Volume 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.
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Volume 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. |
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Volume 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. |
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