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PBL Unit: “From Here to Iqaluit: Living and Thriving in the Cold” - Coggle…
PBL Unit: “From Here to Iqaluit: Living and Thriving in the Cold”
EQ: What does keeping warm
when it's cold outside actually mean?
Big Idea: We measure heat energy using temperature.
Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales.
Temperature benchmarks predict changes in health and states of matter.
We measure temperature with different types of thermometers.
Big Idea: Heat can energy can be trapped or released.
Conductors and Insulators.
Animals and people need insulating
Temperature can be adjusted by moving air
Sealed Spaces vs. Open Spaces
Big Idea: There are different ways to generate heat.
Our bodies generate heat.
We heat buildings/spaces using fuels.
Cooking
Heat is energy.
EQ: How would my life be different if I moved to Iqaluit tomorrow?
Big Idea: Communities have characteristics that make them distinct.
My home as a community of people.
Iqaluit as a community of people.
Culture creates community
Big Idea: Climate and resources depend on geography.
Industry and Resources.
Living near water.
Extreme cold.
Isolation
Big Idea: Where we grow up affects who we become.
Challenges and benefits to every way of life.
Who am I?
EQ: How have Inuit people survived and thrived in the Arctic
Big Idea: Good waterproofing and insulating is modelled after animals.
Big Idea: When resources are scarce, people get creative.
Inuit Inventions
Respect for the land and the animals that sustain life.
Culture relates to geography and the realities of life.
Spiritual beliefs (I.E., Northern Lights)
Unit Goal: Students apply scientific concepts to compare and contrast their own experience with life in a northern community.
Task: Develop knowledge by designing and building a device--resembling a known structure--to seal and insulate an apple from the environment outside.
Task: Students consider how their own experience is similar and different to that of people in an Arctic community.