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Driving:  What can you do to reduce your carbon-foot print?

Unit: How does packaging affect the environment?

Content:  How can I minimize the packaging of different products so it will have a positive affect on my environment?

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Driving:  What is the process for designing, creating, and publishing a board game?

Unit:  How is a Game Design Document used to drive the creation process for a board game?

Content:  What would happen to the gameplay of the classic board game "Sorry!" if we changed some of the game mechanics?

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Driving: Why is it important to accurately predict weather and track weather patterns?

Unit: How can you research, design and create a weather instrument that is successful in predicting weather?

Content: Which weather instruments would you use to find specific elements of weather?

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Driving: What makes someone a difference maker?

Unit: How have ancient leaders made a difference on our lives today? (Informational Text Reading)
What can you be an activist for? (Informational Writing)

Content:

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Driving: How can biotechnology positively impact the environment?

Unit: What areas of biotechnology are used to improve the food supply?

Content: What is selective breeding and how is it used with agriculture and livestock?

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Driving question: If we could Eradicate bacteria, should we?

Unit Questions:
Is bacteria good or bad?
How is bacteria being used in bio-engineering?

Content:What are the defining characteristics of bacteria?

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Driving: Does history really repeat itself?

Unit:  What was the impact of the Korean War and can its affects be seen today?

Content: What is the relationship that can be seen in today's time between United States and South Korea? North Korea?

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Driving: Which factors influenced the emergence of human society?

Unit: How did the Agricultural Revolution benefit early man?

Content: Describe the physical features that influenced early man's migrations and choices of settlement.

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Driving: How do forces affect motion?

Unit: How do electrically charged objects move?

Content: Why is it important for objects to move?

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Driving: How can I use my 5 senses?
Unit: How do the 5 senses impact my life?
Content: Describe the 5 senses and why they are important?

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Driving Question:  Does the weather affect my life?

Unit Questions:
- How does the weather affect what I wear?
- How does the weather affect my routine?
- How can certain types of weather affect my home?

Content:
Describe how the different types of weather affect me.

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Driving Question:
Does the weather affect my life?

Unit Questions:
How does the weather affect what I wear?
How does the weather affect my routine?
How can certain types of weather affect my home?

Content:
Describe how the different types of weather affect me.

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Driving Question- When is it okay (if ever) for people to take a stand against government?

Unit Question- Was the protest on tea in Wilmington and Edenton warranted?

Content Question- What was the Revolutionary War?
What is the Edenton Tea Party and who founded  it?
What role did the town of Wilmington, NC play in the Boston Tea Party?

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Driving Question:
Does the weather in my area affect how I live?

Unit Questions:
-Is the weather in my area consistent during certain times of the year?
-How does the weather impact my life?
-What tools can I use to gather data and make predictions?

Content:
Describe the weather patterns and phenomena about using locally collected data.

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Driving Question: Why do we tell/read stories?
Unit Question: How do stories reflect the thinking, values, and human development of a historical time period?
Content Question:What can you infer about the values and beliefs of the Anglo Saxons based on Beowulf's story?

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Driving Question: What makes a civilization great?

Unit Question:
1U: What geographic features are beneficial?
2U: Which government is best for a successful civilization?
3U: What cultural elements make up your civilization?

Content Question:
1C: What are the geographic features?
2C: What are the different types of government?
3C: What are the elements of culture?

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Driving Question: What is a civilization?
Unit Question:
What were the impacts of exploration in early American civilization?
How did environment influence people's choices in Early American civilization?
Content Question: What was the culture and everyday life of early American Indians?
How did the settlement of explorers influence the environment both positively and negatively?

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Driving Question:
How can we, as scientists, determine the best habitat to rehabilitate the honeybee population?

Unit Question:
Why is the honeybee population declining?

Content Questions:
What are the stages of the honeybee life cycle? What happens in each stage?

What does a honeybee need in order to survive all stages of its life cycle?

What can we do in Stanley to bring the honeybees back?

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Driving Question: "How can I (a teen) be the change? "

Unit Questions:
- How would you change things if you traded places with Ponyboy Curtis? (The Outsiders)
- What lasting impact has Anne Frank left on the world? (Diary of Anne Frank)
- Would you be willing to leave everything behind in order to reveal the truth? (The Giver)

Content Questions:
-What are the biggest issues affecting Ponyboy's life?  (The Outsiders)
- How does Anne Frank respond to the events that are happening around her? (Diary of Anne Frank)
- What memories have the deepest impact on Jonas after they are transfered? (The Giver)

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Driving Question:
How is Ancient Greece living in your modern world?

Unit Questions:
Why have the Olympics continued to play an important role in our world for so long?

How have the arts been influenced by the value placed upon art and it's creations during that time?

How have science and math concepts developed due to discoveries in ancient Greece?

What famous philosophers of ancient Greece are still revered today and why?

How can we decipher our language through the study of Greek root words?

Why have the Olympics continued to play an important role in our world for so long?

What are the similarities and differences between Athenian democracy and our current democratic system?

What types of architectural designs are still used today and where in the US can these structures be found?

Content Questions:
What is democracy?

Why were the Olympics started?

What art styles were used by the ancient Greeks?

Who are the major Greek philosophers?

What architectural designs were developed by the Greeks?

What are examples of greek words used in our language today?

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Driving Question:  How can flight be achieved?

Unit Question:  What are the forces involved with rockets and airplanes?

Content Question:  What is the relationship between impulse and change in momentum?

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Driving Question: Why does the appearance of the moon change?
Unit Question: How does the moon change as it orbits around the earth?
Content Question: What are the phases of the moon?

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Driving: How do chemical reactions affect our daily lives?

Unit:  How does composition affect energy content?

Content:  What is the difference between fats, proteins and carbohydrate calorie content?

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Driving:
How do we determine the right habitats for these animals? How do zoos create these habitats and what can they do to ensure they are right for the animals?
Unit:
How do I design and build a zoo?
Content:
What is the difference between are and perimeter?
How do you find the area of a rectangle?
How do you find the area of a rectangle?
How do text features help you understand nonfiction text?

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Driving: How does the past affect the future?

Unit:  How did the Industrial Revolution impact the economy of the United States, the workforce, and the production of goods?
Content: What is the Industrial Revolution?
How did the assembly line and specialization of labor change production of goods in American factories?
Why did so many workers seek shorter workdays and better working conditions?
What is supply and demand?
What is GDP?

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Driving: How can math help me understand my world?

Unit: In looking at the Industrial Revolution, what is the relationship between the factory workers input the output of production?

Compare the rate of change between assembly line specialization of labor production and individual worker production.

Content: What is the slope of the economy before the Industrial Revolution, during the Industrial Revolution, and after the Industrial Revolution?

Identify the amount of time it would take to complete x numbers of production.

What does the rate of change and initial value mean is this equation?

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Driving Question:

How can we make the best use of space in our school environment?

Unit questions:

Who can we use as a resource to help us improve our school environment?

How does mapping help us make productive use of our space?

How does weather effect our living space?

What functional and recreational spaces can we create in our school environment?

Content

Who are some community helpers?

Who do we share our school environment with?

What do the experts in our school do?

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Driving Question:
How has environment affected businesses in the United States?
Unit question:
How does the 5 themes of geography affect local businesses?
Content question:

1. Why does human and physical characteristics of the place impact the type of business and location?

2. What is the absolute and relative location of your business?

3. How does geography affect the movement of goods?

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Driving Question: How can we build an amusement park?
Unit Question: Why do you think we stay in motion?
Content Question: The change in motion is based on what?

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Driving Question: How do living and non-living things affect our community?
Unit Question: How do different types of living things differ? How are they alike?
Content Question: How can we compare and contrast living things in our community? How can we compare and contrast living things in other communities?

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Driving question: How can looking at public problems make you a better citizen?

Unit question: How is recycling a problem?

Content question: What is a democracy?