MYP Unit Planner, 2023 – 2024

Teacher(s) Mayssa Ayoubi Subject group and discipline Sciences - Biology

Unit title Human Body Systems MYP year 2 Unit duration (hrs) 30

Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit

Key concept Related concept(s) Global context
Personal and Cultural Expressions
Systems Balance - Function Exploration – Ways of Life

Statement of inquiry

By understanding how our body systems function, people can learn to make decisions for balanced and healthy lifestyles.

Inquiry questions

Factual—
1. How do our body systems work together?
2. What are the structures and functions of the different body systems?
Conceptual—
1. How can understanding body systems help us make decisions for balanced and healthy lives?
2. How can people effectively share information about human body processes

Debatable—
To what extent should people follow traditions, culture, science or personal preferences when making lifestyle choices?

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Objectives
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding
i. outline scientific knowledge
ii. apply scientific knowledge and understanding
to solve problems set in familiar situations and
suggest solutions to problems set in unfamiliar
situations iii. interpret information to make
scientifically supported judgments.
Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing
i. outline an appropriate problem or
research question to be tested by a
scientific investigation
ii. outline a testable prediction using
scientific reasoning
iii. outline how to manipulate the variables,
and outline how data will be collected
iv. design scientific investigations
Criterion C: Processing and Evaluation
i. present collected and transformed data
ii. interpret data and outline results using
scientific reasoning
iii. discuss the validity of a prediction based
on the outcome of the scientific
investigation
iv. discuss the validity of the method
v. describe improvements or extensions to
the method.
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Summative assessment
Outline of summative assessment task(s) including Relationship between summative assessment task(s)
assessment criteria: and statement of inquiry:
For Criterion A:
- Students will be able to outline how
Summative task 1:
different body systems work
Criteria A: Assessment of this objective must be done - Students will apply knowledge of motion
using tests, quizzes, solving questions and problems, and forces to solve problems set in familiar and
and analyse and evaluate information. unfamiliar situations..
Summative task 2: Criteria B,C - Students will be able to analyze and
interpret information from data and diagrams to
Murder Mystery make scientifically supported judgments to support
GRASPS their understanding of homeostasis.
Your goal is to show how by understanding how our For Criteria B,C,D:
body systems function, people can learn to make
- The learners will share scientifically based
decisions for balanced and healthy lifestyles.
information about how body systems work to help
teens in their school make decisions for more balanced
Your role is a chemist/ detective
and healthy lifestyles. They will share the information
in a way that is appropriate and ethical for the culture
The targeted audience is KFS crime Squad
to influence the teens decision making for balanced
and healthy lifestyles.
Situation:
Mary was murdered. An autopsy was performed on the
victim that revealed what she ate prior to her time of
death. Two suspects have a connection with the
murder: Sally, who is Mary’s best friend; and Linda, who
is Mary’s colleague. To help identify whom the potential
murderer is, the KFSs Crime Squad obtained stomach
samples from each suspect early Sunday morning.
Your goal is to analyze stomach samples from the two
suspects that have been linked to the crime and
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Criterion D : Reflecting on the Impacts of Science
i. summarize the ways in which science is
applied and used to address a specific
problem or issue
ii. describe and summarize the various
implications of using science and its
application in solving a specific problem
or issue
iii. apply scientific language effectively
iv. document the work of others and
sources of information used
Approaches to learning (ATL)
ATL Category: Research
Cluster: Information literacy skill (collect, record and verify data)
In order for the students to apply scientific language effectively on Human Body Systems and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations, students must
research and collect information about an investigation of identification of macromolecules, and about human body systems, their diseases and their treatments.
(Summative Assessments for Criteria B, C & D)
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compare them to Mary’s stomach sample. The
murderer is believed to have shared Mary’s final meal.
Standards & Criteria for success B,(All) C(All)
Summative task 3: Criterion D
PBL: Human Body System
GRASPS:
Your goal is to “Understand how our body systems
function, so people can learn to make decisions for
balanced and healthy lifestyles.”
Your role will be an “Doctor” who will explain the body
system, disease and cure.
Your audience consists of a hospital department staff.
The situation you find yourself in is to make a
presentation about the body system, explain a disease
and propose a cure.
The product is a 3-D model of a human body system,
that shows the location of a disease or malfunction.
Standards and criteria for success: Your work will be
judged by Criterion D (Reflecting on the impacts of
science).
Standards & Criteria for success D(all)
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 Explicit
Students will learn how to evaluate their researched information through CRAAP Test.
PPT: Testing your knowledge about craap | PPT
Youtube video: Evaluating Sources
Worksheet: CRAAP Test Worksheet to evaluate websites from: Online Research: Evaluating Example Websites

Implicit (Guided)
Research Topic: The effects of a healthy diet on the gut health
Apply the CRAAP Test worksheet to evaluate The Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Gut Microbiota and Human Health - PMC
to collect your information.

Action: Teaching and learning through inquiry

Content
Students will be able to:
● identify the functions of the skeletal system,
muscular system, excretory system
digestive system and skin.
● recognize how the parts of the skeletal ,
digestive, and excretory systems work
together.
● differentiate between the types of muscles
and layers of skin.
● determine how the skeletal system, muscular
system, digestive system, excretory system
Learning process
Learning experiences and teaching strategies
Cycle 2
Unit 1- Chapter 14, L1: The Skeletal System (TB: 486→493)
, ● MiniLab p. 488
● Making a foldable p. 489
● Interactive Table p. 491
● Analysing articles about keeping healthy bones (on Google Classroom)
● Bone health: Tips to keep your bones healthy - Mayo Clinic
Cycle 3
Unit 1- Chapter 15, L2: The Muscular System (TB: 497→501)
● Inquiry: Launch Lab p. 497
● Collaborate: Making a foldable p. 499
● Explore: Mini Lab p. 500
● Exploring ways to keep healthy muscles
Cycle 4
Unit 1- Chapter 15, L2: The Muscular System (TB: 497→501)
● Collaborate:Making a foldable p. 499

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 and skin interact together and with other
body systems.
● understand the six groups of nutrients and
the importance of eating a balanced diet
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● Explore: Mini Lab p. 500
● Exploring ways to keep healthy muscles
Cycle 5
Unit 1- Chapter 15, L 3: The Skin (TB: 504→510)
● Explore Functions of the Skin Video: What is the structure and function of the skin? | Biology |
Extraclass.com
pp. 505-506
● Structures of the Skin p.507
● Inquiry: What are some Skin Injuries and Repair p. 508
● Explore: Keep Your Skin Healthy | NIH News in Health Healthy Skin/ Homeostasis p. 510
Cycle 6
Unit 1, Lesson 3: “The Skin”- continued - Worksheet 3
● Science Summative Assessment Criterion A
● ATL Skill: Students will learn how to evaluate their researched information through CRAAP Test
● Launching of Science Project (PBL-Criterion D)
Cycle 7
Unit 1, Chapter 15, Lesson 1: Nutrition
● Science Project start: Planning
● Solve Notebook Pages correction (The Skin)
● Solve Notebook Pages Homework (Nutrition)
Cycle 8
Chapter 15, L2: The Digestive System
● Inquiry: What are the functions of the digestive system?
● Explore (Gismos) Gismos Digestion Types of digestion
● Design (organize cutouts): Organs of the digestive system
● Solve Notebook Pages (pp. 149-150-151)- given as worksheet in the Classroom
● Start of Project
Cycle 9
Chapter 15, L2: The Digestive System-continued
● Summative Task, Criteria B & C - Lab Investigation
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 ● Checking the progress of Summative Task- Criterion D- PBL

Learning Service

Disease Awareness: During their project presentation, students will increase awareness about diseases that can
occur in each body system, including both common and less well-known conditions.

● They will discuss the development of comprehensive educational content, including visually engaging
presentations and 3D models.
● Target Audience: They will present for Year 3 students.
● Future Expansion: Students will outline the potential for expanding the learning service to cover
additional body systems and diseases in the future, based on feedback, emerging research, and evolving
healthcare needs.
● Conclusion: Summarize the significance of the project in raising awareness about diseases affecting
different body systems, emphasizing the potential to empower individuals with knowledge to make
informed decisions about their health and well-being.

Formative assessment
- Cooperative learning activities, which involve student discussion and interaction to learn the concepts of this
unit like group work, watching videos and taking notes, exit slips, concept organiser.
- Quick Check and Lesson Review questions that range from easy to complex to keep track of the students’
understanding of the different parts of the unit.

Differentiation
o In activities that include teamwork, each group will be heterogeneous; a group will include advanced, on-
level, and below-level students.
o Learning experiences allows each student to build new knowledge based on his/her existing knowledge.
o Learning experiences are designed to target different types of learners (visual, auditory, and
kinaesthetic).

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 o Learning experiences provide students opportunities to work both independently and as part of a team.
o Learning experiences enable students to take responsibility of their own learning by participating in self-
assessments and completing a student reflection sheet

Resources

- Instructional materials and classroom technologies such as Smartboard.

- Science Laboratory and Laboratory equipment
- Sciences textbook, McGraw-Hill.
- Games and simulations.
- Media resources; videos (EDpuzzle)
- Internet resources; McGraw website, other websites, online books

Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry

Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit

Overall, I found the unit plan on Human Body Systems
for MYP Year 2 to be comprehensive and informative
for the students. The unit effectively covered the key
concepts related to the major body systems and their
functions. It provided opportunities for students to
explore the global context of personal and cultural
expression, which allowed for connections between
the content and the students' own experiences
● What difficulties did we encounter while ● What were the learning outcomes of this unit?
completing the unit or the summative ● How well did the summative assessment task
assessment task(s)? serve to distinguish levels of achievement?
● Was the task sufficiently complex to allow
● What resources are proving useful, and what students to reach the highest levels?
other resources do we need? ● What evidence of learning can we identify?
● What artefacts of learning should we
● What student inquiries are emerging? document?
● ● Which teaching strategies were effective?
● What can we adjust or change? Why?
● ● What was surprising?

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 ● What skills need more practice? ● What student-initiated action did we notice?
● ● What will we do differently next time?
● What is the level of student engagement? ● How will we build on our experience to plan
● the next unit?
● How can we scaffold learning for students ● How effectively did we differentiate learning
who need more guidance? in this unit?
● ● What can students carry forward from this
● What is happening in the world right now with unit to the unit? to the next year/ level of
which we could connect teaching and learning study?
in this unit? ● Which subject groups could we work with
● next time?
● How well are the learning experiences aligned ● What did we learn from standardising the
with the unit’s objectives? assessment?
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● What opportunities am I hearing to help
students explore the interpretative nature of
knowledge, including personal biases that
might be retained, revised or rejected? (DP
Theory of knowledge skills development)

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