How The World Works

Year 4 - Term 1A, 2023

Transdisciplinary Theme

'How The World Works'

Central Idea

Understanding the way materials behave and interact determines how people use them

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

Throughout this unit the students will be attending STEAM lessons. These lessons will be creating hands on experiences for students to learn and explore different properties of matter and how they interact with them. Within the classroom students will create a word wall, investigating new and related words. They will define and recognise the properties of solids, liquid and gasses. Students will understand the changing states of matter and will explore how matter can be reversable while some is irreversible.

Students will have opportunities to work collaboratively making connections between the knowledge they have gained about the different states of matter, and the reflections we need to make to ensure that how we use materials in our world considers environmental impacts.

Concepts

Form
Function
Change

Lines of Inquiry

The different forms of matter
The way matter works
The way matter can change

Action

Action in the PYP is initiated independently by the student as a result of the learning process. Action presents itself in many different ways. Action may be bringing a books or artefact related to our unit of inquiry, or a student initiated action or further research.

Students will discuss their roles and responsibilities through a shared Essential Agreement for the year level, classroom and science room. Ensuring an environment that allows for exploration through inquiring and by being balanced in their actions.

This year we will also be awarding certificates at our Year 4 assembly, recognising positive Learner Profile examples in students.