Sharing the Planet

PYP Exhibition

Our last Unit of Inquiry  is called "Sharing the Planet". In this Unit we will dive into an exploration of our rights and responsibilities as we try to share finite resources with other people, with other living things; of communities and of the relationships within and between them.

Date of Completion: 20/04/2022 - 03/ 06/2022

Central idea:

Inquiry from different perspectives is the cause of technological, scientific and social development.

Key concepts:  Cause, Perspective, Connection

Related concepts: Initiative, Peace, Justice

Lines of inquiry:

• Human rights and equality.
• The use of logical sequences to solve problems
• Strategies used to resolve conflicts

APPROACHES TO LEARNING

THINKING SKILLS:

Acquisition of knowledge: Gaining specific facts, ideas, vocabulary; remembering in a similar form.

Comprehension: Grasping meaning from material learned; communicating and interpreting learning. 

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

Listening: Listening to directions; listening to others; listening to information.

Speaking: Speaking clearly; giving oral reports to small and large groups; expressing ideas clearly and logically; stating opinions. 

RESEARCH SKILLS

Formulating questions, observing, collecting data, recording data, organizing data, interpreting data, presenting research findings

SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Organization, time management, codes of behavior, safety and healthy lifestyles.

AGENCY: Students will be encouraged to show initiative and independence through group work, thinking routines and activities.

EVALUATION

Through these concepts and lines of inquiry, we will be working on the following contents:

Math: 

-Exponents

-Order of Operations

UOI:

- Brain

- Neurons

- The three branches of government

Language Arts
- James and the Giant Peach