First IB Unit

I am very excited to say that we started our first IB unit of inquiry today. Our Central Idea for the unit is: The process of discovery can lead to inventions that impact our society. We will spend the next few weeks researching this and doing different activities to give us a better understanding to this BIG idea. We want the kids to start being curious about the things around them. They may start wondering why certain things were invented, what has been done to make them better, how are they useful, etc.

Through this unit, we will be working on both Thinking Skills and Communication Skills. I think the one that might require the most thought would be non-verbal communication. Many times, we think about how we communicate by listening, speaking, reading and writing but we don't think about the way we communicate non verbally. As a class, we will think about how our body language, facial expressions, etc. communicate with others.