CONCEPTSTaken from the PYP
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What do we want the students to be able to understand?
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Form
What is it like?
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Most things have a form or shape with an outward manifestation and an internal structure. |
function
How does it work?
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The special activities, properties or purposes, natural or endowed, of a creature or thing |
causation
Why is it like this?
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The effect brought about by an intended or unintended action or reaction |
change
How is it changing?
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The effect brought about by an intended or unintended action or reaction |
CONNection
How is it connected to other things? |
The world is full of interacting systems that depend on each other to form a working whole. |
PERSpective
What are the points of view? |
Events and findings can be interpreted differently, depending on knowledge, experience and motives. The difference between empirically proven facts and supposition must be emphasized. |
Responsibility
What is our responsibility? |
We have a responsibility to the world in which we live. This involves being aware of how scientific knowledge can be used to improve or worsen the quality life of all living things. Responsibility entails action as well as awareness. |
reflection
How do we know?
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We must consciously reflect on, and be able to describe, how we gain our knowledge and develop our attitudes. |
KNOWLEDGEFrom ACARA, sorted into PYP Categories
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What do we want the students to be able to know?
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Living things
Grade 4Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment
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Grade 5The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
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earth and space
Grade 4The Earth is a part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)
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Grade 5Sudden geological changes or extreme weather conditions can affect Earth`s surface
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materials and matter
Grade 4Solids, liquids and gases have different observable properties and behave in different ways
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Grade 5Changes to materials can be reversible, such as melting, freezing, evaporating; or irreversible such as burning and rusting
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FORCES and energy
Grade 4Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted
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Grade 5Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring and transforming electricity
Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity |
SKILLSTaken from PYP (General) and ACARA (Grade level) Descriptions
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What do we want the students to be able to do?
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Observation
PYP General Description:
Observe carefully in order to gather data
Observe carefully in order to gather data
Grade 4 & 5
Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate
data collection
PYP General Description:
Use a variety of instruments and tools to measure data accurately
Use a variety of instruments and tools to measure data accurately
Grade 4 & 5
Decide which variable should be changed and measured in fair tests and accurately observe, measure, and record data, using digital technologies as appropriate
SCientific language
PYP General Description:
Use scientific vocabulary to explain their observations and experiences
Use scientific vocabulary to explain their observations and experiences
Grade 4 &5
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
inquiry
PYP General Description:
Identify or generate a question or problem to be explored
Identify or generate a question or problem to be explored
investigation
PYP General Description:
Plan and carry out systematic investigations, manipulating variables as necessary
Plan and carry out systematic investigations, manipulating variables as necessary
Grade 4 & 5
With guidance, plan investigative methods to answer questions or solve problems
Use equipment and materials safely, identifying risk
Use equipment and materials safely, identifying risk
prediction
PYP General Description:
Make and test predictions
Make and test predictions
Grade 4 & 5
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of investigation might be
interpretation
PYP General Description:
Interpret and evaluate data gathered in order to draw conclusions
Interpret and evaluate data gathered in order to draw conclusions
Grade 4 & 5 |
Preschool |
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
MODelling
PYP General Description:
Consider scientific models and applications of these models (including their limitations)
Consider scientific models and applications of these models (including their limitations)