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PYP Healthy Body
PYP Healthy Body
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School code:
transdisciplinary theme
Title: Healthy body, healthy mind
Teacher(s):Ema Ionescu
central idea
Cristina Melintescu
Diana Calin
Nicoleta Haras
Gina Talos
Oana Trandafir
PYP planner
Date: 28.09.2015
This column should be used in conjunction with How best might we learn?
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?
What are the possible ways of assessing students prior knowledge and skills?
What evidence will we look for?
-observing and talking about what happens to our bodies while we jump, run,
etc.
-discussions about healthy food and keeping clean
-guessing game about likes and dislikes
-physical activities which led us to different sports that we liked (Sports Day)
-games that helped children to understand the importance of healthy eating,
keeping clean, support and tolerate their colleagues
-pair and team games that involved cooperation
-gym, doctor and stage role play
-a day with my favorite (colour, fruit, instrument, etc.)
What are the possible ways of assessing student learning in the context of the
lines of inquiry? What evidence will we look for?
What opportunities will occur for transdisciplinary skills development and for the
development of the attributes of the learner profile?
Inquirers -children made experiments to understand how their organs function,
which made them determined to find out more about their own bodies.
-discussions among themselves regarding their likes and dislikes, about their
body, abilities, hobbies, etc.
-drawing attention to others on respecting hygiene rules
-playing in the role-play area, pretending to be doctors and using specific
vocabulary
-making the difference between healthy and unhealthy food (games and cooking
activities)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGXJdhBdzEM;
http://edituraedu.ro/index.php?page=povesti_aventuri; http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2013/04/body-science-for-preschoolers-using-our-brains-tolearn-about-our-bodies/; http://www.brighthubeducation.com/preschool-lesson-plans/60161-teaching-about-the-human-body-and-the-five-senseslesson/
-Books: Descoperim corpul omenesc; Me and my body; Corpul uman, o aventura incredibila, Enciclopedie generala pentru copii, Atlasul
corpului omenesc epntru cei mici; Tigrul si toleranta
-Videos about internal organs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jbSskqD75A&list=PLD9BCCBD95EA743F3
International Baccalaureate Organization 2007
Discussion among children about what happens to their bodies when they run,
eat sweets or veggies.
Sharing opinions about each others` likes and dislikes which showed tolerance
How you could improve on the assessment task(s) so that you would have a
more accurate picture of each students understanding of the central idea.
What was the evidence that connections were made between the central idea
and the transdisciplinary theme?
The children realized that they have things in common with their friends, but also
differences (drawings); some of them started to accept that different doesn`t mean
bad
The children concluded that we must eat healthy, practice different sports and follow
the hygiene rules on a daily basis
9. Teacher notes
Record a range of student-initiated inquiries and student questions and highlight any
that were incorporated into the teaching and learning.
It was a very successful project. The children enjoyed most the science
experiments and finding out more about own bodies. They also liked
talking about their hobbies, likes and dislikes and started to listen more to
their friends. They started to show a little bit more tolerance towards their
classmates.
Record a range of student-initiated inquiries and student questions and highlight any
that were incorporated
-Where different internal organs are placed inside the body?
-Why do you like this? (color, sport, instrument, etc.)
-Why sugar is not healthy?
-What does healthy mind mean?
-Why do we need to drink lots of water?
-Why do we have to cover our mouths while sneezing/coughing?
-Why do we have to wash our hands?
At this point teachers should go back to box 2 What do we want to learn? and
highlight the teacher questions/provocations that were most effective in driving the
inquiries.
-Pretend play when the teacher-child was asking questions and the studentchildren were coming with answers (What is your favorite sports? Tell me some
healthy food?, etc.)
-Role-play area (Gym, Doctor, Stage)
-Discussions about food during meal times and outdoor play
-Free drawing
The children realized it`s for their own good to eat healthy food and
practice different sports, but they didn`t understand the connection
between having a healthy life style and disposition for learning.