WCES Third Grade
"We Achieve What We Believe"
Teacher Questions
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What is the difference between inherited and learned traits?
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Why do similar organisms vary in ho they look and function?
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How does the environment influence your inherited and learned traits?
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What are the rights and responsibilities of being an effective citizen?
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What personal characteristics are inherited, learned, and influenced by the environment?
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Primary Years Programme - Current Unit
Theme:
Who We Are
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An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social, and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what is means to be human.
Central Idea
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Organisms have characteristics that can be inherited or learned.
Lines of Inquiry
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Inherited and learned traits
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Effective citizenship
Key Concepts and Related Concepts
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Causation
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Change
