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Students will write a big idea explaining when order is better and when chaos is better.
Students will choose five related topics and write about when order is better and when chaos is better.
Then, they rank the five topics from most chaotic to most orderly.
Then they write a big idea, summing up their findings about when order or chaos is better.
Students will categorize examples of Order as “written” or “unwritten.”
Students brainstorm examples of order from all areas of life.
They categorize each example as “written” or “unwritten” order.
They pick an important unwritten school rule and formalize it, designing a poster to display.
Students explore the idea of indirect power – which can be both visible (a lighthouse) or invisible (magnetism).
Sure, a Blue Whale is huge. But does a tiny krill have more power?
Your students will investigate statements like: Power leads to change, Power comes in many forms, Power can be used or abused.
Students will group examples of power based on how fast, slow, loud, and quiet they are.
First, students will brainstorm fast and slow examples of power using four scenes.
Next, they will categorize those same examples as loud or quiet.
Finally, they will group examples into four categories and then add new ideas they think of.
Students will decide if invisible things can be more powerful than visible things.
Students will brainstorm visible and invisible power based on four scenes.
Next, they continue their brainstorm, this time bringing in any examples they can think of.
Finally, they take agree or disagree with this statement: “Invisible power is more powerful than visible power.”
Students will categorize examples of “conflict”, create a big idea about conflict, and then support that big idea with new examples.
Students simply brainstorm as many examples of the theme as they can think of onto a circle map. Encourage dozens of ideas. This is best done with a large group.
Next, individually or in small groups, students start to group those examples into 3 – 5 categories.
Now, students move their categories into a new graphic organizer and label the categories with 1 – 3 word labels.
Then, they create a big idea statement about the universal theme using at least some of their labels.
Finally, students can look for examples across different areas or subjects that support this new big idea they created.
Students will categorize examples of “change”, create a big idea about change, and then support that big idea with new examples.
Students simply brainstorm as many examples of the theme as they can think of onto a circle map. Encourage dozens of ideas. This is best done with a large group.
Next, individually or in small groups, students start to group those examples into 3 – 5 categories.
Now, students move their categories into a new graphic organizer and label the categories with 1 – 3 word labels.
Then, they create a big idea statement about the universal theme using at least some of their labels.
Finally, students can look for examples across different areas or subjects that support this new big idea they created.
Students will categorize examples of systems, create a big idea about systems, and then support that big idea with new examples.
Students simply brainstorm as many examples of the theme as they can think of onto a circle map. Encourage dozens of ideas. This is best done with a large group.
Next, individually or in small groups, students start to group those examples into 3 – 5 categories.
Now, students move their categories into a new graphic organizer and label the categories with 1 – 3 word labels.
Then, they create a big idea statement about the universal theme using at least some of their labels.
Finally, students can look for examples across different areas or subjects that support this new big idea they created.
Students will categorize examples of Power, create a big idea about power, and then support that big idea with new examples.
Students simply brainstorm as many examples of power as they can think of onto a circle map. Encourage dozens of ideas. This is best done with a large group.
Next, individually or in small groups, students start to group those examples into 3 – 5 categories.
Now, students move their categories into a new graphic organizer and label the categories with 1 – 3 word labels.
Then, they create a big idea statement about “power” using at least some of their labels.
Finally, students can look for examples across different areas or subjects that support this new big idea they created.
Students will apply the statement, “Change leads to more change” to multiple topics.
Students will consider which examples of order are natural and which are constructed.
First, students think of examples of order that is either natural or constructed by people.
Then, they consider three specific examples of order: addition, families, and the English language.
Finally, they create a spectrum and place their examples based on how natural and how constructed each example is.
Students will become familiar with the statement, “Problems Lead to New Rules, Which Lead to New Problems.”
Students will become familiar with the generalization “Systems Are Made up of Other Systems.”
Students will become familiar with the statement, “Power can be unseen, but its effects are always visible.”
Students list examples of how invisible power has visible effects.
They note which effects are positive and which are negative.
Then they rank the invisible power based on how positive or negative the effects are.