Video-Based Lesson: Ecosystem and Adaptations
A video-based lesson on Adaptation. The video is the Ice World episode of the brilliant BBC series Planet Earth. The lesson comes with a worksheet which you can download.
TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: Analyzing Fuels & Making Hot Air Balloons
A video of my MYP Year 4 students analyzing their fuels for their hot air balloons and making their hot air balloon out of tissue paper.
TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: How to Make a Tissue-paper Hot Air Balloon
Detailed instructions on how to make a tissue-paper hot air balloon.
TISA Hot Air Ballooneys: Race to Enter & Fuel Analysis
Deciding on the Ballooney Baku "race" to enter their tissue-paper hot air balloon in, identifying the kind of fuel necessary to win the race, and analyzing the fuels.
TISA Hot Air Ballooneys Go For Ballooney Baku
This is how a series of lessons, using tissue-paper hot-air balloons as a stimulus for a study of Fuels and Energy in MYP year four Science, began at The International School of Azerbaijan in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Intro & Contents: MYP 4-5 Discrepant Events
How I used discrepant events in my IB MYP years 4 and 5 Science lessons and links to videos of some of them.
Intro & Contents: MYP 2-3 Puzzlers
How and why I used challenging, critical thinking skills questions for IB MYP years 2 and 3 students, and links to some I have used in the past.