Transdisciplinary Learning

Who we Are

Mathematics
Data Handling: Students will learn to convert information from their research
into a numeric representation when creating their infographics
Number and Measurement: Students will learn about scale and proportion by
inquiring into how our body looks like and drawing it accuratly.
Language Arts
Reading: Students will use text codes to help them take notes while reading texts.
They will learn how to find important information and paraphrase.
Writing:
Students will inquire into explanation texts and they will write various explanations
on how different systems in our body work.
Viewing and Presenting and Listening and Speaking:
Students will work on using their voices efficiently to present work.
Students will evaluate different sources of information to gain a deeper
understanding of the central idea and lines of inquiry.
Library Tools:
Students will learn about infographics and how they can be used to present work.

Central Idea
Hormones during puberty cause emotional and physical
changes

Lines of Inquiry

Unit Vocabulary
* hormones
* system
* growth

* biology
* sexuality
* change

* puberty
* endocrine
* reproduction

* cells
* menstruation
* glands

Useful Links
* Brainpop Health: https://www.brainpop.com/health/
* KidsHealth (all about puberty):
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/puberty.html

5 Essential Elements
Knowledge

Concepts

Students will learn

about their body. How
it works and the
physical and emotional
changes it goes
through during
puberty.

Form: What are

hormones, puberty and
reproduction?
Function: How does the
endocrine system and
reproductive system
work?
Change: What are the
physical and emotional
changes we experience
during puberty?
Connection: How are
cells, hormones, puberty
and reproduction
connected?

Will puberty last

my whole life?

An inquiry into
1. What hormones are and do
2. Physical and emotional changes from hormones
3. How humans reproduce
4. How cells, hormones, puberty and human reproduction are connected

Books
1. Growing up inside and
out
2. Changing you
3. Its not the stork
4. Be Healthy! It's a Girl
Thing: Food, Fitness, and
Feeling Great
5. The What's Happening to
My Body Book for Boys

Disciplinary Learning
Mathematics
Knowledge:
*Place value
*Basic Facts
*Order and
sequence
*Patterns
Strategy:
*Multiplication
and Division
*Ratios and
Proportions

Language Arts

Word Study:
Students learn word
patterns to develop their
spelling skills.
Grammar:
Students develop an
understanding of
paragraph writing and
punctuation.
Genre:
Students will follow the
writing process and will
learn different
strategies to get ideas,
organize, develop and
edit narratives.

Important Dates
* 14 - 23 Oct: Half Term Holiday
* 21 - 29 Sep: MAP testing

Approaches to
Learning

Action

Learner Profile

Thinking skills:
Comprehension: I can understand what I
learn and explain it to others.
Social Skills:
Accepting Responsibility: I can take on a
job and finish it.
Communication Skills:
Speaking: I can speak clearly when
presenting information.
Presenting: I can share the things I have
learned to others.
Self Management Skills:
Time Management: I can use my time
wisely.
Research Skills:
Collecting Data: I can gather information
from different places.
Interpreting Data: I can understand the
information I have gathered from
different places.

Students use their

learning to make informed
choices and to confidently
ask questions about the
physical and emotional
changes they will be
experiencing.

Students will
strive to be

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you are."

E.E. Cummings

& Attitudes

* Knowledgeable
* Communicators
and have...
* Confidence
* Independence
* Respect