Transdisciplinary Theme |
Who We Are |
Programme of Inquiry |
Systems Loaded |
IB Traits |
Knowledgeable, Balanced |
Central Idea |
Increasing awareness of the interconnected body systems and their functions enables us to make healthy choices. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· How the decisions we make about food, exercise, and habits (smoking, sleeping, drug, etc.) affect our bodies· The components of body systems· How our body systems function |
Key Concepts |
Form, Function, Change, Connection |
Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
Self-Management |
Subject Focus |
Science |
Web Links |
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Transdisciplinary Theme |
Sharing the Planet |
Programme of Inquiry |
We are the World - Ecosystems |
IB Traits |
Caring, Reflective |
Central Idea |
There is an interconnection between people and their surroundings. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· How living things depend on each other· How we can develop appropriate behaviors and habits of mind relative to the environment· How systems interact with each other in the environment |
Key Concepts |
Function, Connection, Responsibility, Reflection |
Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
Research |
Subject Focus |
Science |
Web Links |
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Transdisciplinary Theme |
How We Express Ourselves |
Programme of Inquiry |
Don’t you know it, I’m a poet! |
IB Traits |
Thinker, Communicator, Reflective |
Central Idea |
People express themselves using poetic form. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· Rhythm and rhyme in poetry· Forms of Poetry· Poetry as compacted writing |
Key Concepts |
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Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
Communication |
Subject Focus |
English |
Web Links |
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Transdisciplinary Theme |
Where We Are in Place and Time |
Programme of Inquiry |
Venture Out! |
IB Traits |
Inquirer, Risk-Taker |
Central Idea |
When people move to new locations, cultures change. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· Why people settle into new locations· How settlement and colonization change the native culture· How relocation affects our daily lives |
Key Concepts |
Causation, Change, Perspective |
Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
Research, Social |
Subject Focus |
Social Studies |
Web Links |
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Transdisciplinary Theme |
How We Organize Ourselves |
Programme of Inquiry |
Up from the Ashes |
IB Traits |
Principled, Open-Minded, Risk-Taker |
Central Idea |
People can resolve conflict and create order which may result in change. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· Causes for conflict· Order which may result from resolution of conflict· Civic responsibility to respond to the common welfare of the people |
Key Concepts |
Causation, Connection, Perspective, Responsibility |
Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
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Subject Focus |
Social Studies |
Web Links |
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Transdisciplinary Theme |
How the World Works |
Programme of Inquiry |
It’s Elemental, My Dear |
IB Traits |
Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Thinker |
Central Idea |
The fundamental structure and combination of elements define the world around us. |
Lines of Inquiry |
· The properties of matter· Changes in matter, including physical and chemical· How atoms combine to create change |
Key Concepts |
Form, Function, Causation, Connection |
Related Concepts |
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Attitudes |
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Transdisciplinary Skills |
Research, Communication |
Subject Focus |
Science |
Web Links |
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