Being Human/ Human Being

What is it that makes us “human”? That is one of the compelling questions fifth graders will try to answer as part of their Being Human/ Human Being expedition. Students will begin their investigation into what makes us human by examining the human form and how the body’s multiple systems work together. We will then look back in time at how the human body has evolved and how scientists have pieced together the story of our species. Students will learn how the fossil record has provided scientists with the means to show change and how scientific theories are crafted when evidence is not available. The movement of humans across the globe will provide opportunities for students to become detectives and make sense of artifacts that show how the earliest settlers of the Americas took control of the Natural World to establish agriculture, community and humanity.