PYP Exhibition 2021

  An informative and enlightening Guest Lecture by Ms. Pritha Rathi made the young learners day. She with simple examples from day to day life gave the learners an insightful and in depth knowledge about force and energy concepts. She interacted with our young learners and enrich their understanding of about the application of Scientific principles in everyday life.  They then reflected on their learning through 3-2-1 strategy.

After framing of central idea learners worked on the concept questions and concepts to be targeted probably for the lines of inquiry.   They focused on the following criteria which provided a basis for authentic and meaningful discussion.  ☐ Develops an understanding of the CI ☐Is written as a statement or phrase (not a question, topic, or task)  ☐Connects to the designated transdisciplinary theme ☐Develops conceptual understanding (key concepts & related concepts) ☐Develops student understanding through multiple perspectives  ☐Define the scope of the inquiry  ☐Help to focus student research  ☐Are distinctive yet connected to one another   Having the students discuss these open ended, yet vitally important ideas, not only gave them ownership over the process, it encouraged them to articulate and extend their current understanding of the concepts embedded in the transdisciplinary theme, listen to different perspectives and come to an agreed upon statement.

            Constructing the Central Idea with the peers and mentors  was an amazing experience for the learners.  After  analyzing the diamond ranking as well as the theme description the learners started working towards the framing of central idea. They discussed the key words and shared their thoughts in groups and came up with various central ideas. After receiving support from the facilitators who were circulating and observing the group activities, students came up with more concrete and plausible central ideas in their groups.  Subsequently, by using phrases from different groups, one central idea was finalised.  Central Idea: Interaction between humans and nature leads to creation of a better world The central idea they selected was sufficient in scope and significance to warrant a detailed investigation . It  can benefit the learner in meaningful and effective ways within the inquiry process. 

After brainstorming on different issues and its connection with theme descriptors that they wanted to explore, learners  sorted out the issues according to the order of importance, using the 'Diamond Ranking' model. The issue was consesually finalized as 'MAN Vs. NATURE'  Further using the 'Concentric Circle' strategy the curious minds looked for significance of issue locally and globally. They found the connection of issue with themselves, their family, school, local community, nation and the world. This strategy enhanced their critical thinking skills as they analysed, evaluated and shared their thoughts. They proved to be thinkers too. 

The students had already selected the theme-sharing the planet in the previous year as their favorite theme for the PYP exhibition. The theme details were shared with the students and they were encouraged to think about the issue related to it. After a lot of brainstorming the students came up with several issues which they have frequently read in the newspaper/ magazine. The students made a mind map of the issued and were ready to finalize it. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger ×