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UNIT PLAN: Exploring our relationship with nature through planning & building a school garden
Grade:
9th Grade
3 weeks, and then periodically throughout the year as plants germinate and grow
(Monday: 40 minutes, Tuesday & Thursday: 1hr 15 minutes)
UNIT PLAN
COMPONENTS
Description
Manao Nui1
Big Idea / Main Concept
A significant concept that connects
Kumuhana Haawina and is relevant
and meaningful to students lives.
Overarching, big idea, or
theme.
Crosses content areas and
cultures.
Single word or brief phrase.
Manao Hook1:
Unit Objective
TEACHER INPUTS
Taken from Kamehameha Schools. (2011). Moenah Training Booklet. Honolulu: Kauhale Kpaipai.
Name: Ai Hirasuna
Nnau Koikoi1:
Essential Question
A question with a big idea that
stimulates thought, provokes
inquiry, and invokes more
questions.
Focuses on matters of
importance and relevance.
Requires students to draw upon
content knowledge and skills
and personal experiences.
Initiates constructive, creative,
and insightful conversations
and actions.
Open-ended and resists a simple
or single right answer.
Leads to other essential
questions posed by students.
Kumuhana Haawina1:
Content standard(s) and
skills
Both the core and special content
areas and functional skills
developed in the unit.
Skills:
What functional skills, e.g., public speaking, budgeting, or surfing, will
students gain from this Unit.
-Basic gardening skills (building infrastructure, planting seeds, growing
plants, maintenance, etc.)
-Writing a proposal
-Planning a garden (researching safety, soil, and appropriate plant types,
measuring area, gathering materials)
-Collaborating in groups
Name: Ai Hirasuna
Hooll Kumuhana:
Unit Lessons
Bulk of Unit:
Poomanao Kumuhana:
Unit focus
A singular project or activity that
allows students to achieve the
Manao Hook and incorporates all
Kumuhana Haawina. It ties
together the Manao Nui, Manao
Hook, and Kumuhana Haawina,
while allowing students to answer
the Nnau Koikoi.
Main Project: Plan and build a school garden (the lessons will revolve around this as the main goal)
Students will also turn in a journal that contains their writing & planning notes from the unit.