Unit Goal: Children engage in trial-and-error investigations that allow them to observe the presence of air and explore its properties.

Lesson Objectives:

1. Going on an Air Hunt. ChChildren will investigate two attributes of air: it cannot be seen and it is all around us.

2. Air Takes Up Space. Children will understand that air takes up space.

3. Air Moves Things. Children will understand that air in motion can move objects.

4. Air on the Move. Children will understand that wind moves objects in different directions.

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