Grade 3
Ms. Lau & Mr. Davydov
Mr. Bit-Shamay
Ms. K & Ms. Thompson
Ms. Lau & Mr. Davydov
Mr. Bit-Shamay
Ms. K & Ms. Thompson
May 2025
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.
Structures work together to apply change.
What is a focus of our inquiry?
Explore how marine life contributes to the regulation of climate, the production of oxygen, and the maintenance of global food security.
Investigate the diversity of marine life, the importance of different species, and the impact of species loss on the health of marine ecosystems.
Research and investigate the impact humans have on the Earth's surface and landforms.
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.
Pattern, role, systems
Sequences, consequences, impact
Adaptation, transformation
Third Grade Unit of Inquiry: Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity
In conjunction with the Earth Day, students studied the physical structures of the Earth, and its many ecosystems. In particular, they chose to investigate the marine ecosystems. Students engaged in multiple lines of inquiry to understand the impact humans make on Earth and its many systems.