Grade 3
Ms. Lau & Mr. Davydov
Mr. Bit-Shamay
Ms. Goode & Ms. Thompson
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March 2025
IB Purpose and Our Students
IB Purpose and Our Students
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum is a rigorous, academically challenging course of study that prepares students for the future. It's designed to develop global-mindedness and critical thinking skills.
In short, to help students become global citizens, teachers at OWN3 design learning experiences by developing a central idea, carefully selecting learner profile attributes, and key concepts, and finally, crafting lines of inquiry.
A central idea is the guidance force behind every learning experience. it is an overarching theme that students explore and investigate. They do so by selecting their learner profiles - a set of values and attributes that define what it means to be an IB student. Using related concepts students show understanding how things work, and change over time. Finally, students use lines of inquiry to guide their learning pathways, and grow their academic skills.
Central Idea
Central Idea
Structures work together to apply change.
Lines of Inquiry
Lines of Inquiry
What is a focus of our inquiry?
There are three branches of the US government.
The three branches of the government have different leaders.
The US has three levels of government.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role or way of behaving that can be investigated.
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Pattern, role, systems
Sequences, consequences, impact
Adaptation, transformation
Third Grade Unit of Inquiry: Three Branches of the US Government
How is the US government organized? How does it function? How do three branches of the government work together? Who is in charge of each branch?
Our third graders did an amazing job answering these and many other questions during their Social Studies unit on Government, Landmarks, and Symbols.
Students were engaged in high-quality research about each branch of the government. Students researched, analyzed and then synthesized most important information to include in their flip books! We hope you enjoy their projects!
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