Appendix B

TOPICS EXPLORED

 

Topic Selection for Exploratory Time in the Kindergarten to Grade Two Classrooms

 

TOPIC

MALE / FEMALE

GRADE

LIVING THINGS

Astronauts

M

1

Beluga Whale

F

2

Birds

M

2

Bugs

M, F, F, F

2, 2, 2, 2

Caterpillars & Butterflies

F, F, F

K, 2, 2

Cats

F, F, M

K, 2, K

Dogs

F, F, F

K, 2, 2

Fish

M,F

1, K

Foals

F, F

K, K

Great-White Sharks

M

K

Hamsters

M, F, F, F, F, F,

K, K, K, K, K, K

Penguins

F

2

Police

M, M, F.

2, 2, 1

Rap Singers

M

2

Scientists

M, M

K, K

Seahorses

F

K

Spiders

M

2

NON-LIVING THINGS

Bird Feeders

F

2

Boats & Planes

M

2

Broken Bones

F

K

Crystals

M

1

Dinosaurs

M

1

Fire trucks

M

1

Fossils

M

2

Gameboy

M

2

Hockey

M

2

Holidays Around the World

M

2

Math

F, F,

1, 1

Minerals

F

1

Outer Space

M, M, M, M, M, M

K, K, K, 2, 2, 2

Piano

F, F

2, 1

Rocks

M, M, F, F, M

K, K, K, K, 2

Skeletons

F

1

Snowboards

M

2

Thunder/Lightning

M, M

1, 1

Tow trucks

M

1

Volcanoes

F, F, M, M, M

K, K, K, K, K,

 

Week Two - Kindergarten

 

TOPIC

Male / Female

GRADE

LIVING THINGS

Dogs

F

K

Dolphins

F, F, F

K

Gardening

F, F, F, F, F

K

Hamsters

M, M

K

Rabbits

F

K

NON-LIVING THINGS

 

 

Electricity

M

K

Fire

M, F

K

Outer space

F, F

K

Shells

F

K

Vampires

M

K

Volcanoes

M, M, M, M, M

K

 

Week Three ­ Kindergarten
 

TOPIC

Male / Female

GRADE

LIVING THINGS

Bears

F, F, F

K

Butterflies

F

K

Cats

F, F

K

Doctors (Family)

M, M

K

Gardening

F, M

K

Hockey

M, M, M

K

Koalas

F, F, F

K

Mice

M, M

K

Rabbits

F, F, F

K

NON-LIVING THINGS

Airplanes (how they take off)

M, M, M

K

Space

M, M

K

Volcanoes

F

K

 

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