Time flies fast and the students of PYP completed the final UOI exhibition of this school year, "Sharing the Planet" before the coming summer holiday.
Each grade has a corresponding theme. How did the students in different grades inquire? What knowledge did they learn? What skills did they practice? What problems did they ask? And how did they solve the problem?
Now let's review the students' process of inquiry and their final products!
GRADE 1
生存
Survival
The theme of inquiry in this unit is “Survival”. The central idea is that the survival of living things depends on their ability to respond to change. The three lines of inquiry are “the characteristics and behavior of living things”, “how living things are connected”, and “the ways living things change and grow”. This unit focuses on the integration subject are science and drama. In the end, students used the knowledge they have learned to complete four groups of drama performances, they are "Frog and Little Snake", "Wolf and Lamb", "Animal Employment Agency" and "Tiger and Rabbit" respectively.
GRADE 2
生态系统
Ecosystem
This semester's inquiry course has three units: Unit 4 "How the World Works", Unit 5 "Who We Are", Unit 6 "Sharing the Planet". We studied the Unit 6 from June 20 to July 1. We start with the methods of plant seeds, the reasons why seeds have the different dispersal methods and what factors are related to the conditions of seed maturity, and then lead to the research and study of the environmental ecosystem. In this unit, we use activities such as to ask questions to use KWL, to search for Web resources, group discussions, to deeply understand the classification and functions of forest ecosystems, water ecosystems, and their internal relationships. In the end, students deepened their understanding of the importance of ecological environmental protection through activities such as "Guarding the Forest" drama performance.
GRADE 3
环境
Environment
With "science" as the core, this unit "Sharing the Earth" revolves around the theme "environment" and the students embarked on a six-week inquiry from three aspects: "How living things to survive ", "Environmental changes including those that are natural and human made", "Responsibly using resources to reduce the impact on an environment”. In the last two days, grade 3 students worked in groups to inquiry the five ecological environments: ocean, Arctic, desert, rainforest and grassland. They collected information, read materials and made PPT. Finally, they reported to visitors how animals lived in different ecological environments, what the threats were in the ecological environment, and how people took actions to reduce the impact on the environment.
GRADE 4
适应
Adaption
The theme of inquiry in this unit is adaptation. The central idea is that the possiblities of survival is dependent on the abilities of living things to adapt to the habitat in which they live. The three lines of inquiry are “Understanding different habitats and their features (Function), “The ways in which living things have adapted to their habitat (Form)”, and “Our roles in the survival of living things and their habitats”. The main integration subjects of this unit are science, art and drama. At the end, the students were divided into seven groups, each group made beautiful posters to display their research results, and reported their inquiry content in the exhibition.
GRADE 5
病毒
Virus
In this unit, G5 students first focused on novel coronavirus that has lasted for nearly three years. By reading and reviewing the knowledge of the fourth unit, we had a basic understanding of the origin and infection of the virus; next, we then explored the impact of novel coronavirus on our individuals, occupations, families, and different social groups through observation, interviews, and design questionnaires. In the last two weeks, the students worked in team and selected an pandemic that had occurred in human history to conduct in-depth research. Using this as a starting point, they collected information online and analyzed how the pandemic affected individuals and society.
On the day of exhibition, we invited parent representatives to come to ASJ and be the audience. We also provided online sessions for parents who were not present to participate. After the exhibition, the students and their parents had an interactive reflection session. As the students received many opinions in this session, they can understand their strengths and weaknesses and improve themselves in the next time. We hope that they can do better in the future.
ASJ expects every child to be a lifelong learner who can think independently, inquire actively and reflect timely.