Organizing Theme: How we Organize Ourselves

Unit of Inquiry: “Start to Finish”

Central Idea: Products follow a definite path from creation to consumption.

An Inquiry Into:

• Relationship between natural resources and manufacturing.
• Geographical influences.
• Distribution
• Role of the consumer.

Teacher Questions:

• What is a consumer?
• Where does our food come from?
• Where do other products come from?
• How do products get from one place to another?
• How are products manufactured?
• What is your job as a consumer?

Activities:

• Videos:
• How a Car is Built
• From Farm to Market
• Field Studies:
• CSC “From Here to There” exhibit
• Krispy Kreme
• Lowes’ Foods scavenger Hunt
• Brainstorm Pizza ingredients and make from scratch
• Grow grass
• Read various books on food and product origins
• Learn Peanut Butter and Jelly song and movements. Write about the steps to make a sandwich.
• Perform a play “Seed to Plant.”
• Extend and illustrate poems about natural resources
• Create flow charts
• Plot our food and clothing origins on a map.