How The World Works

YEAR TWO - TERM 4, 2021

How the World Works

​CENTRAL IDEA

Forces change the way things move

As an International Baccalaureate world school, authorised to teach the Primary Year’s Programme, we explore six transdisciplinary themes each year. 

During this Unit the students will be involved in a number of Science experiments to explore pushes and pulls. Through investigations, students will observe and gather evidence about how these forces act in air and water, and on the ground.

Concepts

• Causation
• Function

Lines of Inquiry

• Different forces
• The way different forces work
• Impact of technological advances on the way things can move

Action

Action in the PYP is initiated independently by the student as a result of the learning process. Action may be bringing a book or artefact related to the inquiry to school, or student initiated drawings/posters/research. We celebrate our students’ ACTION every day in our classrooms. If you see your children taking independent action at home encourage them to share their action with their class.

Skills

• Thinking: predicting the outcome of experiments
• Social: adapting to a variety of roles and working collaboratively to make group decisions

Learner Profiles

• Thinker
• Inquirer

The Year 2 Team

Mrs Deb Ball, Mrs Kristy Smith, Mrs Tania Purton, Mrs Sharon Demetriou 

and Mr Doug Bray