IB Units of Inquiry

First Grade's IB Program of Inquiry

Who We Are

Sharing the Planet

How We Organize Ourselves

How We Express Ourselves

Where We Are In Place and Time

How the World Works

Citizens: Pieces of a Puzzle

What’s the Problem?

We Use Math To Solve Problems Too

Communication: It Takes Two

Does Nature Need Our Help?

If You Give The World a Cycle?

Central Idea:

Citizens work together toward common goals in a community.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*Types of communities

*Roles & responsibilities of citizens of communities

*Purpose of rules/laws

Central Idea:

Conflict causes change.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*Types of conflicts within communities.

*The actions citizens in communities take to resolve conflicts.

The effects changes have on people and communities.

Central Idea:

People around the world use math to communicate and solve problems.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*How the world communicates using math.

*How the world problem solves using math.

*Math systems.

Central Idea:

Effective communication builds understanding.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*Purpose and types of communication.

*Characteristics of effective communication.

*Roles and responsibilities of effective communicators.

Central Idea:

The natural world lives, grows, and sustains itself.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*How the Earth sustains itself.

*Reasons for sustainability.

*How people positively and negatively effect the Earth’s ability to sustain itself.

Central Idea:

Understanding cycles helps us organize our world.

 

An Inquiry Into:

*Types of cycles.

*Attributes of cycles.

*Consequences of interrupting cycles.