Level 4 Curricular Focus 2011-2012
Together we explore the varying cultures and geography around the world to discover the relationships between the land masses. Using our understanding of a specific place, we draw conclusions about how a culture has developed over time due to their relationship with the land. Additionally, we look at how those relationships developed globally over time, beginning with the rise of feudalism and ending with World War 2 and the Holocaust. Along with these discoveries, using the physical laws of science we will focus on the formation of the universe from the theory of the Big Bang to our present state. Within this we will look at the formation of stars, galaxies and other celestial bodies. In the end we will use these laws to discover the patterns that dictate the balance of our Earth. Students will begin to see the connections between their own lives and the physical world around themselves on a global scale.