TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
What do people need to consider when using transportation systems?
How do transportation systems meet the needs of different communities?
Why do transportation systems change over time?
How are transportation systems around the world alike and different?
As a community embedded in the heart of Tokyo, a city with one of the largest metro systems in the world, this unit is particularly relevant in our second graders' lives.
Building on our background knowledge of the system in Japan, we have been unpacking how and why communities make efforts to create transportation systems that meet their needs (central idea).
After we have investigated features of transportation systems, we will be discussing the various factors that guide our decisions involved in using transportation systems. Throughout our unit we will be making global connections by comparing & contrasting our own systems to the those of other communities. Finally, we will further develop our understanding by inquiring how transportation systems respond to changing needs (lines of inquiry).
Building on our background knowledge of the system in Japan, we have been unpacking how and why communities make efforts to create transportation systems that meet their needs (central idea).
After we have investigated features of transportation systems, we will be discussing the various factors that guide our decisions involved in using transportation systems. Throughout our unit we will be making global connections by comparing & contrasting our own systems to the those of other communities. Finally, we will further develop our understanding by inquiring how transportation systems respond to changing needs (lines of inquiry).
WAYS TO HELP AT HOME
- Visit transportation related centers such as the Railway Museum (Omiya), The Mitsubishi Industrial Museum (Yokohama), or the Museum of Maritime Science (Odaiba)
- Encourage your daughter in planning a family outing and discuss the benefits of one mode of transportation over another
- cost, speed, distance, safety, or environmental impact
- In your mother tongue, expose your daughter to some of the terminology associated with transportation systems (please see below)
VOCABULARY
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