Frontiers

<p>What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that help make this concept come alive to all students.<br><br>The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time ensure compliance with national standards and most importantly pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6 students will discover the frontiers around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.<br><br>In <i>Frontiers Book 3: Geology Astronomy and Environment</i> students will explore many different types of frontiers found within the broad concepts of geology astronomy and the environment. Students will investigate questions such as “What is the rock cycle?” “What is plate tectonics theory?” and “Who was Alfred Wegener?” Once students begin to understand the forces at work on our own world they examine research taking place to land the first man on Mars. By studying the Flashline Mars Research Station and the effects of near zero-gravity on mammals students will have a better understanding of just how daunting of a task it will be to someday land on the red planet. This book also looks at what is being done to conserve the natural resources on our planet.<br><br>Other books in the <i>Frontiers</i> series include <i>Frontiers Book 1</i>: <i>Pioneers Genetics and Energy</i>; and <i>Frontiers Book 2</i>: <i>Geography Explorers and Literature</i>.<br><br>Each book contains detailed lesson plans reproducible activity sheets and assessment tools.<br><br>Grade 6<br><br>This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:</p><ul> <li> <i>The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks</i> by Joanna Cole; and</li> <li> <i>Silent Spring</i> by Rachel Carson.</li> </ul>