PYP Inquiry Exhibition Welcome! Please find your child’s folder and have a seat.

What is the PYP Inquiry Exhibition? This is a project that requires your child to combine the essential elements of the PYP and share with the whole school community. The students are required to participate in a collaborative, transdisciplinary inquiry process that involves them identifying, investigating, and offering solutions to real-life issues or problems.

Inquiry Theme: How We Organize Ourselves An exploration of: o human systems and communities o the world of work, its nature, and its value o employment and unemployment and their impact on us and the world around us

Our Central Idea Individuals and groups connect and organize to solve problems.

An Inquiry Into: There are problems faced by various communities in developed and undeveloped countries. We will investigate the groups and projects, which organize to help solve these problems. The topic (the specific organization) chosen by your child should be a real world issue or problem, local or global.

So many organizations... Although we know that many of our students have genuine compassion for animals, we are encouraging students to look beyond that There are so many organization and individuals that we would like them to be aware of...

Global and Local Examples... We have provided a list of some local and global organizations in your child’s folder Your child is to be creative and reach out with this project, so it is important that he/she choose an organization that he/she is interested

PYP Inquiry Mentors and Mentees Your child’s project will be done at home Each child will be assigned a specific mentor (I.B. teacher or specials teacher at Streams) Your child will meet with his/her mentor every few weeks The mentor will provide feedback and assignments for your child to work on at home Each mentor report requires teacher, student, and parent signatures Don’t forget to check on your child’s progress by viewing the mentor reports and providing a signature

PYP Inquiry Project Timeline This information can be found on the calendar in your child’s folder This week, select a few topics that your child is interested in and do some preliminary research to make sure that enough information and resources are provided. Choose an organization and return your selection to your homeroom teacher by FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Your child’s first Mentor Meeting is on January 27 o Your child should bring a list of questions about the organization chosen o Try to have one question for each Key Concept on the Key Concept Map (found in your child’s folder)

PYP Inquiry Project Timeline Your child’s second Mentor Meeting is on February 24 o Your child should bring in any research done with answers to many of the questions the he/she asked from the first meeting o He/She should have made an attempt at contacting the organization (bring any information that has been received from the organization) Your child’s third Mentor Meeting is on March 24 o Your child’s research should almost be complete o Bring the research to the mentor meeting

PYP Inquiry Project Timeline Your child’s fourth Mentor Meeting is on March 31 o Research should be COMPLETE! o Bring the research to share with the mentor Your child’s fifth Mentor Meeting is on April 7 o Your child should bring ideas on the way that he/she would like to present the research ( tri-fold, PowerPoint, iPad...be creative!) o Students should be prepared to present their projects to their mentor’s class and their homeroom class next week! Your child’s FINAL Mentor Meeting is on April 21 o Your child should bring the final project to school to practice the oral and visual presentations to the mentor’s class and his/her homeroom class ALL PROJECTS ARE DUE AT SCHOOL ON MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014!

Presentations Donation opportunities cannot be set up at school If materials are included with the project, the materials must relate to the organization No living animals are permitted Presentations MUST be created by the child

Presentations Thursday, May 1- Projects will be displayed in the gym during S.T.A.R. Night Friday, May 2- Projects will be displayed in the gym for the Inquiry Exhibition S.T.A.R. Night USC

Reflection Your child’s reflection can be found in the back of his/her folder The reflection is to be done at home and is due back to school Monday, May 5

Key Concept Map

Questions?