Air

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Air (6.4)

Content standard

K2.6.4.1 - Demonstrate understanding that air is all around us and it is an important and beneficial natural resource for all living things.

Indicator

K2.6.4.1.1 - Share their ideas with teacher and peers about the presence and importance of air to human being, animals and plants as they listen to a read aloud using an informational text. e.g. we breathe, air makes things burn

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 169

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

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Theme discussion: Follow basic procedures of the community circle time (as in K2.1.1.1.1) and introduce the theme for the week. Display a conversational poster and some concrete materials related to the theme, e.g. balloons, and engage learners in activities
that shows air is around us. E.g. Learners hold their nose for some few seconds, blow into balloons, hold their breath, etc. Learners share their experiences on the theme. Take learners for a Nature Walk and challenge them to look at the movement of leaves and for other evidence of Air around us.
Centre time: Learners perform different experiments to show presence and importance of air around us and talk about their experiences
1. Fill bottles with water and observe the bubbles, 2. Observe balloons fly, observe trees 3. Prepare and send kites into the air etc.