Planning the inquiry

1. What is our purpose? Class/grade: Nursery Age group: 3-4

PYP planner
To inquire into the following:
School: Kingston college School code: 060431
Trans disciplinary theme: Sharing the Planet
Central idea: Title: Humans affect on Ocean life and its resources
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Humans can affect the life and resource of the Ocean Teacher(s): MS Umemah Tareen, MS Carmila , MS Saima, MS Ainee and
Summative assessment task (s):
MS Olga
1: Children will conduct the Morning assembly presentation on how humans affect the
ocean life.
Date: 15th April -24th May 2019
Goal:Students should be able to demonstrate their understanding on ocean life.
2. What do we want to learn?
Role: Humans and sea creatures. What are the key concepts (form, function, causation, change, connection, perspective, and
Audience: responsibility, reflection) to be emphasized within this inquiry?
VP , HM ,PYP Coordinator , teacher and children Proposed
Key Conceptsduration: 6 weeks
Situation: Function
Children will do the role play on how humans are spoiling the ocean life and what Causation
happens to the fish in the ocean. Responsibility
Product: A clear massage will be sent to the school community that we should not
litter the oceans. What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea?
Standards and Criteria: Rubrics attached with the planner. 1: An inquiry in to how we use the ocean resources
. 2: Children will do the inquiry about how humans are affecting the ocean life and 2: An inquiry in to the affects humans can have on ocean life and its resources
children will make a project of a fish . 3: An inquiry in to working appropriately with natural resources.
Goal: Related concepts:
Students will inquire about how humans are affecting ocean life. Children will make a  Environmental protection
project of a fish that died because of water pollution.
 Needs
Role: Artist
 Relationship
Audience:
What teacher questions / provocations will drive these inquiries?
VP,HM PYP Coordinator, Teacher and children
Situation: 1. what is ocean life (function)
2. what are the earth’s natural resources (function)
Children will inquire how are affecting the ocean fish.
Product: Students will be able to make a dead fish with lots of garbage in its tummy. 3. how do we use natural resources (responsibility)
Standards and Criteria: Rubrics attached with the planner. 4. Why should we reduce, reuse and recycle plastic waste in orfer to help marine
life (causation)
3: Children will make a fish tank to spread awareness how we should use and take care 5. What resources do we get from the ocean(function)
of the natural resources
Goal: Students should be able to demonstrate their understanding on how to make a
fish tank ,what tings are required and how to take care of it.
Role: Humans as Ocean friends
Audience:
VP , HM ,PYP Coordinator , teacher and children
Situation:
Children will make a fish tank and put sea weeds, corals, fish and turtle
Product: Children will make a fish tank and will present it to the school and enlighten
students about how to protect and use natural resources.
Standards and Criteria: Rubrics attached with the planner.
 4.How best might we learn?
Reflecting on the inquiry What are the learning experiences suggested by the teacher and/or students to encourage the
students to engage with the inquiries and address the driving questions?
Children will be asked to inquire about the marine life, how we use its resources. From the discovery
corner. Children will observe and inquire about the function of the ocean, what causes pollution and
3.How might we know what we have learned? what is our responsibility. Children will learn about how water reaches in the oceans . What Resource
are found in the oceans.( like fish, weeds for medicines ,coral reefs ,oil ,gas and other minerals. Children
Formative Assessment will find out what happens to the animals and plants that dies in the oceans. Children will be taken out in
outdoor environment to observe and inquire how we use water resources ,then they will be taken to canal
to observe how we are using the natural resources and how do we effect on them .how we can look after
Children will observe the discovery corner and will the natural environment, what steps we should take to reduce water pollution. Children will do the
observe, investigate and discover all about marine life. cleaning activity of the canal. Children will give flayers to the community and spread awareness about
the marine life. Children will give garbage bags to the people who work in a close contact with canal.
Children will watch a animated film “Finding Nemu” Children will do the sorting activity of different animals as land and ocean. Children will cooperate
followed by Q/A session about the ocean life. They will with each other ( IB Attitudes)..Children use different materials to make a fish tank. They will put
water animals in it. They will cooperate with each other and show their commitment with their work. ( I
visit the canal to observe and inquire about how humans B Attitudes). Home Assignment : Children will inquire about the marine life and will be asked to sit
are polluting the water resources. Children will visit a with their parents and jort down the points how we can help to preserve the marine life and its resources.
Children will be asked to draw ocean life at home on an A4 sheet. Children will bring ocean animals
village and will inquire how humans are using and stickers and will make booklet in the class. Children will visit the school science lab to observe and
misusing the water resources. inquire about the ocean stuffed animals. Children will bring their favorite water animal toy from home
and do the show and tell activity regarding the ocean animals. Children will discuss how we can reduce
Children will watch a video on how to make a fish tank. the use of plastic materials so it does not affect the ocean life. Children will paint a picture of ocean life,
Followed by the questions form the children regarding in which they will show how ocean life was and what affects humans has now on oceans. This will be a
comparison between to life’s. Children will make a project on the fish that is dead now because of the
how to materials we used in fish tank. (Children will water pollution. Children will do the role play with KG class to spread awareness on ocean life and how
make a fish tank in their summative task) we affect the ocean. Children will be asked to bring coral reefs and in the class they will make necklaces
or a lamp or anything of their choice with it. Children will be asked to bring artifacts like shells, ,ocean
relater tools like toy fish, turtles ,star fish ,sand ,fishing rod ,snorkeling gear ,flippers and binoculars to
inquire about thing related to the ocean. Children will make fish with the play dough. Children will
participate in pet show, children will their pet water animals and will do the show and tell activity
In Music class students will learn the poem Baby shark and children will be learning how music can be
produced by moving your finger lightly over the goblet of water.
In Urdu lesson teacher will learn about different creatures living in the ocean and how we should work
appropriately with natural resources.
In Art lesson students will make a crab with the recycling material (tissue paper roll)and an octopus with
the formic glass.
In PE lesson students will learn to move like a fish. They will learn swimming in the swimming pool.
Specific vocabulary ( Essential Agreements)will be used to describe under and over, happy and sad
Clean and dirty. Vocabulary used in the the lessons (oceans ,resources ,utilize ,environment ,coral reefs
,natural resources etc)
Literacy: Students will learn about the phonemes Qq ,Rr,Vv,Ww ,Xx,Yy,Zz with the dotted ,hollow and the vocabulary related to it
Students will do worksheets and note book work related to the stories and the phonics e.g story mapping, character sketch.
Sight words for reading.This ,is ,a ,the , in ,on ,at ,up ,No, of ,off ,
Students will practice reading of “ can cat get cod” with the help of phonic sounds
CVC Words : ag ,an , ck ,sh ,th and ch
Vovel: use of a,e,I,o,u
Articals: use of a and an
Essential Agreements:
Color: Orange

Numeracy: oral counting 1-50

Practice Numbers ( 1-20 ) writing
Nuber names: six to ten
Addition: number line,adding numbers up till 10

Moral education: 1:Names of the holy months, 2:importance of Ramadan 3:importance of Eid ul Fitar
5. What resources need to be gathered?
What people, places, audio-visual materials, related literature, music, art, computer software, etc, will be available?
What resources need to be gathered?

What people, places, audio-visual materials, related literature, music, art, computer software, etc, will be available?
soft board ,smart board ,flash cards Montessori room ,paints transparent plastic paper, water , sand crape paper water animals toys Stereo Gnostic bags , sea weeds
coral reefs fish tank paper glass swimming pool canal visit ,chart paper textured books , corrugated sheet , science lab ,booklets ,different materials form home for
booklet work sheet

How will the classroom environment, local environment, and/or the community be used to facilitate the inquiry?

Class room’s environment will be prepared to nurture the inquirer minds. The discovery station will have materials for inquiry about the ocean and its resources. Science Lab , canal
visit , indoor and outdoor environment will be there to facilitate children.
Books and different resources will be available inside the room to cater to students’ needs

What opportunities will occur for Trans disciplinary skills development of the attributes and the learner profile?
Communication Skills:
listening: Students have many opportunities to develop their listening skills while watching videos ,teacher , visit to canal
Speaking: Students learn to share their ideas about the ocean life and its resources. In the show and tell activities. Morning assembly presentation
Presenting: Students will be given presentation on their booklets. Morning assembly presentation.
Thinking Skills
Analysis: Students learn how to analyze the resources available in the oceans .They will be asked to do inquiry on how we can help in keeping the oceans clean and giving
awareness on helping the ocean creatures and their rights
Application: Students will apply what they have learned by creating different projects and by using their imaginations.
Comprehension: Students show their understanding towards the ocean life ,how we can help the ocean creatures and use its resources, answering questions posed to them
Social Skills:
Students will show respect by listening to teacher and one another and respecting each other’s opinion and by commitment ,working together and cooperating with each other ( IB
Attitude)
Children will gain confident and independence by visiting Bata Shoe Factory and interacting with different people and environments.
B. Learner Profile
Open minded: Students will learn how to open minded in their thoughts and by listening to the opinion of others and than to act upon.
Knowledgeable: Students will be inquirers throughout the theme so they will become Knowledge able. They will be inquiring and getting knowledge able in everything that they will
be doing.
C. Attitudes
Cooperation: Students learn and show their ability to cooperate and work together as a team.
Commetment: Children will show their ability to be commeted towards the preserving the ocean resources, respecting the rights of animals .
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