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PYP Exhibition 2014-2015

What is exhibition?

• Culminating experience

• Demonstrate your learning in the PYP

What is assessed?

• Your participation

• Your work

– Planning

– Learning

– Reflection

– Methods used

– The way you link your exhibition to the transdisciplinary themes

– Action that you engage in as a result

The development

1. Discussing possible real-life issues or problems to be investigated

2. Posing questions that help define the central idea and to decide upon the lines of inquiry

3. Gathering the necessary material

4. Recording and reflecting

5. Presenting the exhibition

1. Discussing possible real-life issues or problems to be

investigated

How?

• Take time to reflect

• Identify issues or problems in your school or local area, or issues relevant to children in other parts of the world

• Talk with your teacher – Can it be the basis for your exhibition?

1. Discussing possible real-life issues or problems to be investigated

2. Posing questions that help to define the central idea and to

decide upon the lines of inquiry

Is the issue important?

• Discuss your ideas with different people, both inside and outside school

• Visit a local site

• Identify and look at available books and resources

• Consider how the issue connects to the transdisciplinary themes

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

How to construct questions?

• Think about PYP concepts

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

Why central idea, lines of inquiry and questions?

• Help you stay focusedduring the investigation

• Help you find out about your exhibition issue

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

Tips

• Discuss with your teacher and/or mentor to see if your ideas are realistic and achievable

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

3. Planning the exhibition

Write down ideas…

• Where do we find the materials

and resources we need?

• Who might have useful information?

• What kind of experiences might inform our inquiries?

• Do we need to carry out any experiments?

• Do we need to prepare a questionnaire or survey?

• What kind of technology will we need to have access to?

3. Planning the exhibition

Choosing sources & materials

• A variety of different resources

– The more, the better

• Book --- check bibliography

• Interview --- further suggestion for your inquiries

• Experiment --- lead to other investigations

• Consider

– bias

– usefulness

3. Planning the exhibition

4. Gathering the necessary material

Always write down the source…

• Printed text: author(s), title, publisher and date of publication

• Website: website address, date of data retrieval http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html, retrieved on… (date)

• Interview: name, address, role, date

• Experiment: equipment, method, results, conclusions

• Work of art: title, artist, reference (museum, recording) if appropriate

4. Gathering the necessary material

Tips: Use www.bibme.orgto help you create the bibliography.

5. Recording & reflecting

• Reflect in a constructive way

• Make regular entries in a journal– All your ideas, decisions, and actions

– Show progress and development of your understanding of the issue

• Include evidence of the process– Photo

– Video

– Interview notes

– Feedback & comments from peers, teachers and/or mentors and parents

5. Recording & reflecting

6. Presenting the exhibition

How to present the result?

• Be informed about the material. Answer questions confidently

• Discuss with your teacher and/or mentor before you start working on it

6. Presenting the exhibition

How to present the result?

• Use diagrams, drawings and/or photographs to add to the clarity of the presentation

• Look at past exhibitions

• Clear, informative, appropriate for a range of audiences

6. Presenting the exhibition

Staging the exhibition

• It is a requirement that the exhibition is shared with members of the wider school community

6. Presenting the exhibition

Formats

• An interactive display

• A performance

• A debate

• A combination of formats

6. Presenting the exhibition

Should include …

• Examples of written work– Poetry

– Reports

– Persuasive texts

• Oral presentations, individually or in groups

• Uses of technology: ICT, working models, designs, science experiments

• Performances or compositions: dance, music, drama, visual arts, film, video, mixed media

6. Presenting the exhibition

Action

• Sustainable

fish vs. fishing rod

Celebrate your learning!