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Lun Sian Cing UOI: Sharing the Planet

10 days Kindergarten 3

Sharing the Planet: Water

Subject Area Developmental Profile

UOI (Sharing the Planet)
Piagets Theory
Length of Time 1. Learning is bound to students five senses. Students are very
10 days stimulus-response oriented.
2. Students can only handle only one at a time.
Grade Level 3. Students are egocentric. They cannot take another persons
point of view.
Kindergarten 3

Main Idea (Claim)

Water plays a central role in all living things.

Biblical Perspective and Interdisciplinary Connections

1. We will show that the world is consistent and ordered creation, whose lawfulness reflects the
faithfulness of God. We will demonstrate the importance in science o descriptive laws and
explanatory theories. (Mackenzie, Pamela)
2. We will look at the ways in which roles are purposes are distorted and misdirected, how
created things are misused or abused. (Mackenzie, Pamela)
3. We will promote the idea that science provides important tools for the study and development
of Gods creation, but for use by those who will be responsible stewards of that creation.
(Mackenzie, Pamela)
4. We will view science as a human activity, which, by its very nature, can only be tentative,
approximate and fallible. Scientific methods, theories, or facts, are rooted in creation, so they
are never merely human constructions imposed on reality. But as human inventions, they are
always subject to correction and modification. (Mackenzie, Pamela)
5. Our aim is primarily to enable children to develop an enquiring mind and a scientific
approach to problems, and only secondarily to teach them (the content of) science. Our
understanding of Gods world is far more important than just knowing about some few
aspects of it.
St. Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

Water is an essential resource for all living
things, and we depend on it for our survival. Jesus
is the living water and whoever comes to Him will
never thirst again. We need water for our earthly
survival, but Jesus for our spiritual survival
-SPH K3 UOI-
1. How and why do we use water?
2. How do we get clean water?
3. What are ways we can save water?
4. How can we re-use water?
5. How do plants use water?
6. What does water mean for sea animals?

Knowledge Skills Dispositions


Lun Sian Cing
10 days
The learner will know:
1. How water is used.
2. What happens to water
after we use it?
3. Responsibilities
regarding water
(conservation)
4. Plants also need water as
much as humans do.
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UOI: Sharing the Planet
Kindergarten 3
The learner will be able to: The learner will value:
5. Identify six common 8. Demonstrate saving
uses for water. water independently
6. Explain how water 9. Encourage others to do
comes to our house and the same.
how it returns to the
water cycle.
7. Identify a way (or more)
they will help save water
and demonstrates the
action independently.

Objectives Objective
Formative Assessments Summative Assessment(s)
Assessed s Assessed
Class discussions 1,2,6 Portfolio of the homework 3,4,5,6,7

Experiments 2,4,5 Demonstration of saving water 3,7,8

independently.

Unit Schedule

Day Lesson Focus

#1 When and why do I use water? (Different ways of using water)
#2 How do we use water? (Plant experiments)
#3 Water cycle Part I (Water cycle craft)
#4 Water cycle Part II (Water cycle craft)
#5 Evaporation (Experiment #1: Water painting)
#6 Evaporation (Experiment #2: Ice cubes painting)
#7 Make Water Clean (Water-filters demonstration)
#8 Make Water Clean (Water cleaning system)
#9 Oil and Water lesson (plus demonstration)
#10 Wrap it all up! (Draw the way they used water)

Daily Rubric
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Lun Sian Cing UOI: Sharing the Planet
10 days Kindergarten 3
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Exceptional Effective Acceptable Developing
Creativity The student can The student does The student The student tends
come up with not work neatly accomplish the to get distracted
unique ideas in yet has unique goal within the during activities.
their drawings and ideas shown in requirements.
activities. their works.

Cooperation The student is The student is The student can The student gets
ready to learn by quite not ready to share if required distracted quite a
sitting properly learn yet active to but not very few times.
and active to share. active.
share.

Final Assessment Rubric

Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Exceptional Effective Acceptable Developing
Knowledge/Understanding Able to explain Able to tell the big Able to remember Able to recognize
the big idea of one idea of the topics the lessons one of the topics
of the topics from from the lessons. covered from the lessons.
the lessons. throughout the
semester.

Creativity Able to draw two Able to draw one Able to draw an Able to think and
or more ideas of idea of saving idea of saving draw together
saving water. water. water with the with the teacher.
help of the
teacher.

Application Able to prove 5 Able to prove 3-4 Able to prove 2-3 Able to prove 1-2
ways of saving ways of saving ways of saving ways of saving
water in the house water in the house water in the house water in the
with photos (from with photos (from with photos (from house with photos
the mother) the mother) the mother) (from the mother)