In this lesson, students identify the main character in a story and identify their character traits. 

Step 1 - Inquire: Students read Saving Planet Earthly and discuss the character traits of the main character, Thoko.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students act out scenarios in small groups, demonstrating their knowledge of Thoko's character traits.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students choose one scenario and create a comic strip, showing how Thoko would act based on her character traits.

In this lesson, students engage in activities and experiments, applying their learning to understand climate change-induced sea level rise.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students explore the idea of physical state and changing states through a variety of activities and simulations.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students conduct an experiment to investigate the real-world problem of melting ice caps through the lens of changing states.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students reflect on the impact of sea level rise and how it may affect specific individuals and create a model to represent the changing states of matter in the ocean due to climate change.

In this lesson, students use chemical reactions that occur in landfills and composting as a vehicle to learn about chemical changes found in their daily lives.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students learn about landfills, create their own landfill, and begin to discern issues landfills may cause.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students explore the idea of chemical changes and their relationship with landfills through a series of articles, videos, and interactive resources.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students view the results of an investigation started in the Inquire section, compare the chemical differences between landfills and composting, and reflect on the different effects on communities.