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Our human family |
Peace and diversity in the world |
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Explore vocabulary: war, peace, diversity, justice, integration, segregation, inclusion, exclusion, negotation, compromise, win-win. |
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Our human family |
Peace and diversity in the world |
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Do a simulation game of two countries at war based on a real situation (past or present); the children must negotiate together a peace agreement. |
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Patterns |
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Learn about fractal forms that you meet in your everyday life, e.g. spiral in sunflower, cauliflower, ferns. |
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Patterns |
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Find different patterns in several different systems: (e.g. spirals in rivers: flowers: snails, also spirals, scatter, wave, net, lobe) and try to work out the function of that pattern (e.g. branching for collection and distribution, spirals for growth). |
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See the patterns within the large scale (e.g. stars, weather or ocean currents), to give us a sense of place and develop a sense of awe. |
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See the same pattern in different natural systems (e.g. the branching pattern is in trees, rivers, leaves and lungs), try using a magnifying glass to observe closely. |
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See fractals (e.g. in a cauliflower, ferns). |
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Learn about the different patterns which exist in nature (spiral, branching etc.). |
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Learn about the different seasonal patterns. |
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Listen to stories about the patterns of nature - patterns of the seasons and other natural cycles. |
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Explore patterns in daily, solar, seasonal and lunar cycles, and make a connection with how we all live within cycles large and small and their impact on us. |
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Connect to a pattern in nature, and express it through any art form (dance, draw, paint). |
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Spot the plants, insects or birds which are abundant in certain seasons. |
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Observe the similarities between human beings and other animals (eat, sleep, excrete...). |
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Create your own pattern (like a mandala, or spiral). |
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Make prints from leaves, bark, shells and other interesting natural textures and patterns. |
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Create colour print from plants (e.g. through hapa zome) to see the patterns within leaves and flowers. |
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Dance in a pattern, e.g. a spiral. |
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Collect things which are abundant at that time of year: foraging (e.g. berries). |
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Play percussion instruments together, with groups following different rhythms that combine together like an orchestra. |
