Visual Arts or Design Technology mini project: Self-quarantine time is boring, the virus is frightening, now it is a time to have fun and create amusing homemade mask. This mini project was successfully run in China during Corona virus outbreak, as a part of online learning. You can adapt this simple instructions for your needs. Your task and aims: Produce an amusing homemade mask by using any materials and media, and by creating a realistic reflection of 2019-nCoV current outbreak through any form of illustration, 2D and 3D effects, covering most details within the pastime. Go, WuHan, we will fight through this together! You can show in your work doctors in protection suits, the hospital equipment and reflection on the effort people have put into the combat with the coronavirus, while the other side can include the virus itself and origins of the virus, the patients’ desires to live. Present your work: take a photograph and write a description of what it represents and why.

This resorces are aimed at Lower School 5-11y.o. and Upper School G6-9 students. The Whole school PSHE The Winter Window Kindness Competition and activities resources include: The differentiated across 5-11y.o. the kindness calendars featuring The Snowman and The Snowdog PHSE activity. The calendars will include a range of fun activities featuring our friends The Snowman and The Snowdog to help children (aged 5 to 11) learn about kindness, the importance of having connections and friendships with others, and how to cope with change. It is a chance for the students must create a Winter Windows scene using the cut outs included in the Snowman activity pack. Followed by a competition. Kindness activity and Tackling loneliness: Use a range of mixed media (including the videos) resources to explore loneliness and how we can help people who feel lonely.

Can be done ONLINE and in a classroom: Create a crazy, funny or any unusual online appearance in a style of an artist’s artwork - a hat a style of your choice. Quick project tasks outline: • Investigate the chosen artist’s style from the list: G. Klimt, P. Picasso, F. Hundertwasser, V. Van Gogh, S. Dali • Develop a personal interpretation of the artist’s style in a form of a hat • Take a photo of you wearing it and critically evaluate each other artwork, reflecting on the Elements of Art: form, shape, line, colour, space

“Act for impact” In these challenging times, we want to hear a message of hope from our young people. Students asked to deliver the most inspiring and creative message of hope they can of the Coronavirus fight. Students can enter in any form: a video, mood board, poem, piece of art - whatever allows them to best express themselves!

Students asked to Students asked to create a digital message to the world, experimenting with digital video or animation making software of their choice iMovies, Powtoon, Pencil2D, Synfig, Autodesk Animator, etc.

MYP IB Design Learner Profiles - personilised complete set of IB LP for MYP Design as a subject. Suitable for IB PYP Design.

Grade 5 Students Guide to Exhibition. How We Express Ourselves. An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture. beliefs, and values; the ways in which we reflection. extend, and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetics. Students asked to inquire into all forms of sustainable, recycled arts and design. They asked to choose a continent and one Unicef Global Goal to create a sustainable outcome or a solution.

A comprehensive overview of the IB MYP Design Technology (DT) and Science Units of Study across Grades 7, 8, and 9. This overview includes an introduction to the IB MYP program, the assessment criteria, and a fun and simple introduction to the DT and Science departments. You can personalize this with your own staff photos and additional details specific to your school.

This mini concept project is aimed to raise awareness of coral reefs dying. It includes: the task description with the Statement of inquiry, Key Concepts, Related concepts, Global Context, ATL skills and student’s e-portfolio with each task outlined, covering Criteria A, B and C. Criterion D can be added, as necessary. This project can also be used in Design Technology, adapted accordingly. The students explore 2 points perspective (Isometric projection), orthographic and digital representations. As a final outcome, the students will create a visual 2D or 3D message that would help to preserve the coral reefs and inform people of the danger, making people/the audience to think of their own actions that have the consequences. The final 2D and 3D artwork could be a coral reef made from recycled and processed waste material, which can be set on the bottom of the sea to function as the basis for a new natural coral reef to form and housing for sea creatures.

Well detailed and expanded, ready for your use IB PYP Design Technology Vertical Year plan and Horizontal Year plan that shows all aspects of students learning: Overall expectations, Conceptual understandings and Learning outcomes differentiated into four phrases of responding and expectations of achievement across PYP Grades 1-5. IB PYP Year plan expands Design in great details for each grade level and for each Unit/project of study, covering Concepts, ATL Skills, Learning Objectives, Subjects/Projects integration, including four phrases of responding. IB PYP Year plan explains each stage of each Unit/Project following the Design Cycle across the grades 1-5 for the whole academic year. Grade 1-2 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle; House exterior design; Cardboard boxes Sport shoes and Fun alphabet. Grade 3 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Traditions & Structure - Past & Present: LED Lanterns; Construct the parasol umbrella. Grade 4 Units of study are:Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Fun fan- Development from Ancient civilization; Pop-up card - Ancient town. Grade 5 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Walk a walk-Ancient Asian shoes prototype; Chinese Opera Mask- mechanisms.

Importance of effective lesson planning and differentiation in modern education. Detailed keynote speaker’s presentation outline for “The Art of Lesson Planning and Differentiation” for the Foreign Teachers Forum in Shanghai, China, on May 25, 2024. This presentation can also be used as a staff Continuing Professional Development (CPD) session. This can be briefly outlined: Understanding Lesson Planning (15 minutes) Definition and Importance: What is lesson planning? Why is lesson planning crucial for effective teaching? Components of a Lesson Plan: Learning objectives. Materials and resources. Activities and procedures. Assessment and evaluation. Setting SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound objectives. The Art of Differentiation (20 minutes) What is Differentiation? Definition and significance in diverse classrooms. Key Principles of Differentiation: Content: What students learn. Process: How students learn. Product: How students demonstrate learning. Learning Environment: The physical and psychological climate. Strategies for Differentiation: Tiered assignments. Flexible grouping. Learning stations. Choice boards. Use of technology. Integrating Lesson Planning and Differentiation (20 minutes) Aligning Objectives with Differentiation: How to set differentiated learning objectives. Designing Differentiated Activities: Examples of differentiated activities for various subjects and grade levels. Assessment and Feedback: Differentiated assessment methods. Providing meaningful feedback to diverse learners.