Mohamed Bin Zayed City

Year 5 PYP Exhibition

2015

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Contents
Purpose

Timeline

Requirements

5-6

My Roles

Declaration of Academic Honesty

Essential Agreement

Student Questions

10

Action and Inquiry Cycle

11

Theme

12

Central idea

13

Key Concepts

14

Lines of inquiry

15

1st Check list

16

Mentor Meetings

17

Reflection sheets (journal)

18

2nd Check list

19

3rd Checklist

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Purpose
I know that the purpose of this exhibition is to:

Do an in-depth, collaborative inquiry.

Show independence and responsibility for my own learning.
Look at an issue from many perspectives.
Apply learning from previous years and reflect on the process.
Demonstrate how we as students can take action.
Unite students, parents, teachers and other members of the
school community

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Timeline 2015
Week

Date

Work to do
th

Week 1

March 15 19th

Week 2

March 22nd 26th

Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 8
Week 8

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April 12th
16th
April 19th 23rd
April 26th
30th
May 3rd 7th
May
14th
May
May
May

Who with

Pages 1 -16
In booklet

Write Central
Idea, lines of
Inquiry, Key
concepts
Research/ models/bookwork Meet mentors
Spring Holiday
Research/models/workbook

10th -

Mentor
meetings
Research/models/workbooks Mentor
meetings
Research/models/workbooks Mentor
meetings
Plan final presentation
Last meeting
with mentors
Final Presentation Practice Classrooms

17th
18th
19th

Set up exhibition
Boys Exhibition
Girls Exhibition

Primary Gym
Primary Gym
Primary Gym

Process Requirements
I know that the requirements of the exhibition process are to:
Study a local real-life issue or problem that is significant,
relevant, engaging and challenging.
Plan with others ( group, teachers, mentors, parents )
Be actively involved in the exhibition from the planning stages
to the final presentation.
Demonstrate and reflect on the learner profile.
Use a range of media and forms of expression.
Use a balance of primary and secondary sources.
Reflect throughout the process.
Records of collaboration must be kept.

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Presentation requirements
Presenting the Exhibition
Towards the end of our exhibition, we will need to think carefully
about how we wish to present the results of our inquiries. We must
always consider our presentation from other peoples perspective.

I understand that in our presentation I will need to check that:

I understand about the material I choose to present. I need to be able to

answer questions about it.

I have considered how to involve and engage the audience.

I have discussed how and what we will present to or teacher or mentor

before we start working on it.

I have used drawing and pictures to make it clear.

It is our best presentation (always neat handwriting).

I have trailed our presentation with other people to make sure it is

interesting and people can understand it.

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My Roles
(Tick the box if you understand)

I understand that the students role in the exhibition is to:

Know the purpose (page 3) and the requirement (page5) of our exhibition.

Participate in selecting a real-life issue or problem for our exhibition.

Develop the inquiry by helping to decide on our own central idea, lines of
inquiry and questions.

Plan and work with my team all through the exhibition.

Carry out the inquiry we decide on.

I can identify the concepts, knowledge, skills and attitudes.

I can identify the action taken.

Use a variety of strategies (interviews, surveys, field visits, artifacts, science

investigations, and working models) not just books.

Be principled by naming sources of information.

Communicate with your group, teacher and mentor.

Keep a journal of your planning, draft pieces, sketches and photographs.

Carry out self-assessments and peer assessments.

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Individual Declaration of
Academic Honesty
By signing this declaration I am confirming I understand the meaning
of plagiarism and the meaning of collusion.
Plagiarism is the presentation by a student of an assignment which has in fact
been copied in part or whole from another persons work from a magazine,
published book or from the internet without having asked permission from that
person.
Collusion is claiming that this is your work when in fact it was the done in
collaboration with another person or persons.

I,_____________________________________________

that

for

this

submitted work:
I will not cut and paste information without direct reference
to their work.
I will not re-word the ideas of others without acknowledgement.
I will not write ideas that come from others and claim them as
mine.
I will not include words from other students work without
permission.
Parents Signature________________________Date ___________

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Essential Agreement
We agree to:
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Student Questions

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Action Cycle
What does this mean to you?

Reflect

Choose
Act

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Caravan Inquiry cycle

Checking in
Action
Connection
Sharing

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Getting Ready
Finding out

Transdisciplinary Theme
Sharing The Planet
An inquiry into the rights and responsibility in the struggle to share
finite resources with other people and with other living things,
communities and the relationship within and between them,
access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

What does this mean to you?

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What is my thinking on an issue or problem right

now?
What matters to me?

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This is our class Central Idea

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What does this mean to you?
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Can you think of any issues or problems that

relate to any part of the trandisciplinary theme
of Sharing The Planet.
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Key Concepts
Can you choose 3 Key Concepts with your group that will
help you inquiry into this Central Idea.
Form..

What is it like?

Function.

How does it work?

Causation

Why is it like it is?

Change..

How is it changing?

Connection..

How is it connected to other things?

Perspective

What are the points of view

Responsibility.

What is our responsibility?

Reflection

How do we know?

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Lines of inquiry
These are topics that your group will
inquire into. They will help you to be
successful during your inquiry.

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Teachers signature_______________

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1st Checklist
Do you have finished?
Signed the Academic honesty
Group Essential agreements
Central Idea
Key Concepts
Lines of inquiry
Students questions
Reflection journal

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Mentor Meetings
Date________ Time ________Place______
Review last weeks minutes.
What needs to be done this week?
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Reflection Sheet (journal)

How do I feel about this week?

What skills did I use this week?

I was a Thinker because_________________________________________
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I used my research skills when ______________________________
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I showed Social skills this week by________________________________
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I was a good Communicator because I ___________________________
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I showed Self- management skills by ______________________________
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Which IB learner Profile have I showed this week?

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2nd Checklist Week 4

Do you have finished?

Completed research

Written your findings

Collected pictures/ photographs

Made a 3D model

Discussed layout for display

Made a PowerPoint

Reflection journal

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3rd Checklist Week 6

Do you have finished?
Publicity for Exhibition
Invitations
Collected pictures/ photographs
Completed posters
Completed all projects and
research
Collected everything for display
Reflection journal

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