5th Grade IB-PYP

Home Connection
Our current unit of study is

Sharing The Planet

Central Idea:
Knowing about our global responsibilities enables us to be active participants in
sharing the planet successfully.
Key Concepts:, Change, Perspective, Reflections.
Related Concepts: Earth surface changes, pollution, global ecosystems.

Lines of Inquiry:

Making the Home Connection

Interconnectedness
between all living organisms on
the planet

Allow your child to inquire and learn

how to investigate his/her different
inquiries

Human impact on the

planet

Activities for Home

Compare/contrast the
Earths surface changes.
Suggested Books:
Whats for dinner by David Clark
Plastic Ahoy by Crawley
What does it mean to be GREEN by
Rana DiOrio
Marine Phytoplankton by William
Kensey

Create and interpret a model of

the ocean floor and label and

describe each of the major
features
Create and interpret a model of a
basic marine food web, including
floating organisms (plankton),
swimming organisms, and
organism living on the ocean floor

Small Talk
While exploring on the
weekends research and
describe the variation in
depths associated with ocean
features, including the