Script-an important stage requirement (By Namya)

We started writing the script for group presentation on human rights. We independently worked upon it to ensure that we communicate our findings, our understanding with others clearly. We to make an informational and interesting script

Action Time!!(By Triesha)

The main trait of a PYP student is to take action. Following this trait, we (PYP5 students) have conducted a rally to spread awareness about the negative human choices. We chose our vicinity to spread awareness. We were enthusiastically chanting the slogans. As we give importance to our National Language too. So we presented a Nukkad Natak in Hindi. Our objective was to spread awareness against human discrimination, plant and animal exploitation. This was a thrilling experience as we faced the live audience. We thank Khan sir, Santosh bhaiya and his team without them this rally would not be successful.   

todays updates by ( Arnav P)

29 11 16

Today we had guest speaker and they for from a well-known organization PETA they shared and we learnt amazing animal facts and how animals have feelings and how people use them and how can we save them, then after the session was over and it was our mentor meeting 3 and we discussed and learnt what we have to do more

updates by ( Arnav p)

Today we had guest speaker and they for from a well-known organization PETA they shared and we learnt amazing animal facts and how animals have feelings and how people use them and how can we save them, then after the session was over and it was our mentor meeting 3 and we discussed and learnt what we have to do more

Compassionate PETA representatives… (By Arnav.S)

This day was very informative for us (i.e. the Animal exploitation group).  The members of ‘People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ came to talk about ways we exploit animals and how can we take action by changing our human choices. We could connect the research we had done till now as while sharing even they reinforced that animals are mainly exploited/abused for joy riding, meat, transport, experiment, clothing. What was interesting was that they gave examples of practical ways to substitute animal uses/products.

Reflecting and planning (By Triesha)

Today we found the difference between Arbor Day and Van Mahotsav and to present that we made a Venn Diagram. The difference is that Arbor Day is celebrated outside India and Van Mahotsav is Celebrated in India, but they both have the same objective. As we are going for a field trip to Hariyali, we created a Fieldtrip reflection. We are still working on our presentation to present the activist. 

Fish bone on threats to aquatic animals (By Arnav.S)

Today we listed down the threats towards aquatic animals by the fish bone activity. Through the fish-bone we have shown the causes such as pollution, oil spill, ocean acidification, etc that leads to endangerment of aquatic animals. 

The house with plants and the types (By Tanay)

We learnt to make a model of house in which there are many small plants and trees to show the future generation and we made it all by ourselves. We learnt the types of plants exploitation in the concept of form and they are commercial, subsistence and incidental. We presented this by using our creativity on a chart.

Young government (By Namya)

On this day we made a constitutional booklet on human rights. We co-ordinated with our art sir to make our booklet creatively. We learnt about how to insert our information in the form of a book. We used our information of human rights and the attitude of creativity to make the booklet as we had learnt. Then we used our drawing skills to draw images to give more impact to our information.

Layers of responsibility (By Yash)

We learnt/concluded from the data we collected and organized that most people make positive choices. We came to know that most people don’t know the fundamental rights and they accidentally discriminate and they have to face the consequences. We found out that people like to do planting, even underprivileged people like maids do planting but in their village. We learnt to make layer of responsibility. which has 12 layers. The layers represent the ways to stop human discrimination. 

Our interpretation on choices people make (By Triesha)

We had conducted a survey interviewing our friends, neighbours, relatives etc on different choices people make that affect other living beings on the planet. While doing so, we found that some people were not aware of their rights. Using the data we collected, we organised it and interpreted it. We concluded from the data that people make more positive choices which have a good impact.

Designing is interesting (By Prisha)

On this day, we learnt how to design formatives. It was quite hard but we managed to do it. We reflected on our research work to design the formative as we had to frame our assessment based on what we have shared as experts with our peers. 

People and books for Plant Conservation (By Triesha)

Today we finalized our book review. We got pointers while doing the same such as ensuring to name the author, sharing about what the book is about in brief, etc. We researched about plant activists and they are Alicia Silverstone, Baba Amte and many more. They all work for the conservation of our beautiful environment. We almost complete our Chipko movement model reflecting choices people make.

updates by Arnav p

24 11 16

Today we learnt and improved our knowledge about different activists and what we have done and we have made frames to frame them and we even learnt their contributions.

Making things ready for D-day (By Yash)

Today we communicated and got many ideas as we had to write our script for the presentation. While writing, we ensured that the meaning of discrimination, i.e. ‘unfair or unjust’ treatment, is communicated to other groups. We have included the factors based on which discrimination happens such as caste, age, etc and finalized the script. We used our creativity and art skills to make a hut model through which we will show the effect of class discrimination. 

Applying our language skills and Math concepts (By Arnav.S)

Today we finalised our book review by working on the feedback given. We reviewed it to make sure it has a brief summary about the book we read. It was quite fun to use the Jodo blocks to make a 3D shaped model for showing interdependence of choices made by people on other living beings. We co-operated with each other well as the model required work to be done from all angles. 

New Findings and Learning Time (By Triesha)

The Plant Extinction group shared choices that people make which lead to extinction of plants. Some such choices are due to commercial purposes, incidental, etc. leading to pollution, loss of habitat, more of carbon dioxide, etc. I could connect this to plant conservation as the effects of plant extinction are the reason for which we need to start conserving plants.

Today we also thought of ways to assess our friends’ understanding on plant conservation and learnt the pointers to be kept in mind while making one that is to assess on the concept/understanding. We have designed a formative using open-ended strategy and selected response strategy.

Essential learnings of the day (By Arnav.S)

Just like humans, even animals need a particular kind of environment to live. This place of living of animals is called animal habitat. If we conserve plants, we conserve animal habitat and in turn we protect the animals.

Today we got feedback on our blog and learnt an important thing that while writing our blogs, we need to write more about what we learnt than what we did. This will help us show our progress in learning as well as our skills developed.

Practice for the best

Today we learnt how to present our research on our choices and its impact to the groups confidently. We need to ensure that our presentation has all the key points of our research and understanding. We could connect it with the human discrimination group because human rights are made because discrimination was seen.

updates by Arnav Pilankar

Today I learnt that becoming an all-rounder is way way more than easy, today balancing between blog and my group quite a tough job. I wonder whether the people who get balanced learner profile, are they really balanced? Oh well but questions will never be answered unless you go to the right person, well I don’t know who can answer the question literally that was my day, just a lot of blogging but the rest of my group was making a MCQ formative and I can assure you there are quite a lot of trick questions and today we even had presentation of plant exploitation which means using plants badly for our advantage and human rights who encouraged fighting for human rights and discrimination who shared the impact of discrimination and that’s it.

Fundamental rights for protecting humans (By Yash)

Through the human rights presentation, my group of human discrimination could connect that rights are made by the government to protect the well-being of people. We came to know that the United Nations announced the 11 fundamental rights which government should give on the 10^th December, 1984. Some of the rights humans are entitled to are: right to education, right against exploitation, right to justice, right to equality, right to freedom of speech, etc

We started making formative for others. It was our first time experience and we understood that we need to keep our objective of assessment in mind while framing it.    

PRESENTATION TIME!!! (By Triesha)

My group plant conservation did the presentation today on our research and understanding so far. Our presentation was complimented as we used our creativity to the fullest. We were quite nervous as we had got confused when Arbor Day is celebrated and what is the difference between Arbor day and Van Mahotsav. We have realized that we need to have complete understanding which will help to make us confident.

Reflecting on the pros and cons of our rights (By Namya)

While observing the presentation of the other three groups- Animal exploitations, Animal conservation and plant conservation, my group of human rights realized something. We realized that we, humans, use our rights in such a way that has a negative impact on other living things. For example, the ‘Right to work’ is exploited by humans to earn more which in turn negatively affects other living things.

Learning from feedback and experience … (By Arnav.S)

After the presentation of our group, we self-reflected and have kept a reminder for being more patient and not speak too fast, making a plan on how and where to stand to use the space properly, use more of IB lingo to make better connections.

As we had missed our mentor meeting 2, our mentor Ms. Apeksha Gandhi came for having a look at the progress and guiding us further. Our mentor gave us some important suggestion of being caring towards the work we have done of research and display work carefully.

updates by Arnav.P

22 11 16

Today was a quite exciting day because it was “PRESENTATION DAY” the first group was animal exploitation, they were very well prepared and were clear. I learnt that animals are exploited in many ways for cosmetics, religious matters, etc. then there was my own group but I believe we fumbled a lot and plant conservation did a good job.and the rest was blogging.

Learning from others (By Yash)

We came to know how to present our work by observing the other 3 groups’ presentation. We have to keep in mind that we are clear with our content, have different medias to capture audience’s attention, etc We could connect that it is humans’ choice that leads to either animal extinction, protects animals or endangers them. There was a chipko movement that involves hugging tress to avoid deforestation. We came to know that animals help to increase fertile land, help to keep balance in ecosystem and much more. 

Getting ready to share!! (By Triesha)

Today we reflected on our work done so far. We sat together and divided our role and consolidated our understanding before making the script. While making the script we have tried to keep connecting to our theme ‘Sharing the planet’ which helped us to frame our dialogues easily. We couldn’t complete it on time so we have learnt that we need to manage our time well and cooperate completely. 

Practise makes a man perfect…(By Arnav.S)

Today we had butterflies in our stomach because it was the final preparation day for our first ever presentation of the work we have done till now in exhibition. While writing our script and practising, we were confident with the points that we had contributed and researched in detail, but were fumbling with the explanation of points given by others. We could justify that using meat is a debatable topic as some people use it for nourishment and need it but others just for the taste. We could give examples of animals being used for entertainment such as bull fights, dog fights and many such activities.

Collaborating wih goals and writing a poem (by Tanay)

We collaborated with our mentor today and she gave us tips for the exhibition like always keep extra things for the last moment, cooperate with each other, listen to your teachers and the mentors and many such valuable suggestions. We have started our research on extinct plants using ICT. We are making a poem on exploitation of plants using English language.

Gearing for the presentation (By Triesha)

It was our second mentor meeting today and we gave her an update on what all we have accomplished. Our mentor gave us some feedback which we have to work upon. We prepared our script as it was our 1^st group presentation. We have been told to ensure that our presentation highlights the meaning of conservation and plant conservation, how humans conserve plants and effects of plant conservation. (which are all positive!) 

Let's Revise!!!(By Rishay)

Today as we came to know that some of our group members were unclear with some of the concepts related to human rights, we decided to revise all the things which we have researched and clear all our doubts. We also collaboratively shared and researched on ways are spread awareness, ill effects on the society, etc. and made a booklet out of it and it all resulted that everyone was clear and we all had a good understanding!!!

Animals used for want or need? (By Arnav.S)

Today, we investigated more on endangered animals (especially aquatic) due humans and they are whales, seals, panda, shark, etc . We found that elephants are captured for their tusks to be used as artefact or jewellery, crocodiles’ skin is used for bags, belts,etc. Due to such human wants, animals are abused and endangered. 

So many issues!!!(By Rishay)

Today our group came across plenty of issues related to `human rights’ around the globe such as religious equality, child rights, gender equality, etc. We collected newspaper articles related to human rights and made a nice big bulletin board showing the same!!!

READY…STEADY…SHOOT (By Triesha)

Since we have found out about the effects of conserving plants, we decided to present the same using the media of motion video. For making this type of animated video, we needed our cut outs of all our points ready, then Ms. Latika helped us to click pictures using the tripod stand of each point after we set the frame and finally we used all the images and transferred into movie maker. This helped us to enhance our creativity in art and ICT skills. 

Impact of plants exploitation ( by Tanay)

We researched the impact of plants exploitation which is under the concept of causation. For this we used our research skills and we jotted down the impact on a ladder we made creatively. Here we learnt that loss of species, soil erosion, loss of habitat, hole in the ozone layer, E.T.C. are the impacts of plants exploitation.

On the go!!!(By Rishay)

On the go!!!(By Rishay)

Today was an informative day as we learnt about the benefits of human rights in the society and the cause of human rights. With great amount of enthusiasm and curiosity we were successful in making a model on it. Next, we researched about some new fundamental rights and presented it through a chart.

Protecting plants has positive effects  (By Triesha)

We have reflected on which choices of ours leads to plant conservation. While sharing our choices with each other, we concluded that conserving plants leads to:

• Protection of natural beauty
•  More of oxygen
• More fresh air
•  Retaining soil fertility
•  Protecting animal habitat
• More Ayurveda products
• More organic foo

Effects of animal exploitation/abuse/extinction (By Arnav.S)

We critically thought of the impact of our choices that lead to animal exploitation, abuse or extinction independently, conducted research on the same using ICT and then consolidated the research findings in our groups. Some effects of our choices are: depletion of fossil fuels, food chain is disturbed, no indication of natural calamities, etc

We all have qualities!!!(by Rishay)

Today, our group learned about what are the qualities of a human being and what all do we need to maintain those qualities like- self-lessness, dedication, respect and many such humane qualities. Some things that we would need to maintain them can be- trust, dignity, prosperity, etc

What are the causes of plants exploitation??( By Tanay)

• We researched the cause of plants exploitation [under the concept of causation] by using our research skills and jotted it down on a chart paper creatively. Here we learnt that pollution, increased human population, deforestation, urbanization, forest products like paper, furniture, glue are some causes of plants exploitation.  

Planning…executing…moving ahead…(By Prisha)

On this day, we learnt how to plan our exhibition, which means we planned in our IB planner till stage 5. IB planner is a document where we plan our unit. On this day, we also made a survey. A survey related to all the groups: Human, Plants and Animals. We then went home and asked some people of the survey questions. Our main objective was to know about others’ choices.

Finding, reflecting, finalizing and learning (By Yash)

RFFL

We found the choices/grounds/types of discrimination. We learnt to makemodels and search ideas to make models. We first time made some models in exhibition which were on the types of discrimination. The most common types of discrimination are – gender, nationality, class, race, ability and age. We came to know the effects of discrimination which are always negative. We learned to make six sided booklet from our fellow group member –Tanisha. We started making script for an enactment. We after a while came to know we need improvisation in our script.