IB Program of Inquiry

Second Grade's Units of Inquiry
 
 Where We Are in 
Place and Time

Sharing the Planet
 How We Organize
Ourselves

How the World Works
 Who We Are
How We Express Ourselves
Central Idea:
People use maps and globes to understand the locations and characteristics of places.
Central Idea:
Natural resources can be reserved and or recycled.
 Central Idea:
Government systems structure communities.
 Central Idea:
People use patterns to predict changes in the natural world.
 Central Idea:
History has been defined by the actions of individuals.
 Central Idea:
People discover and creatively express ideas.
An Inquiry into:
~Maps and globes represent locations and physical features.
~People use maps and gloves to locate places.
~Maps and globes can be used to gather information about a location.

 
An Inquiry into:
~Natural resources exist in our world.
~An environment is defined by it natural resources.
~Conservation of natural resources.

 An Inquiry into:
~Structure of government.
~Fuctions of government.
~Selection process of public officials.

 
An Inquiry into:
~Night Sky
~Earth's movement
~Weather Patterns

An Inquiry into:
~Individuals that influenced history.
~The impact of those individuals on society.
~How they moved others to action.

 An Inquiry into:
~Sources of information.
~Research skills.
~Methods of presenting ideas.