by Atul ALEX | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science
To paraphrase an old popular song – “It’s astounding Time is fleeting Isolation takes its toll” We are all facing a challenge like never in our lifetimes. It is one that we can only approach with hope holding fast to our certain values. Time...
by John MWITA | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science, The Grades
As we transition into DP, this week in science we reviewed graphing and interpreting scientific data. Students completed tasks on drawing best fit lines, interpolation and extrapolation. Students were able to plot graphs and explain trend lines. They also identified...
by Greg PERRY | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science
Learning from home has its challenges. Keeping focused and making progress can be difficult to manage without daily schedules to support their work. The first few weeks of our science lessons were devoted to learning how to write reports – a critical skill for...
by Sean HOWES | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
This week we finally reached the conclusion of our literary text for DP Language Acquisition: ‘Things Fall Apart’ by China Achebe. The novel’s protagonist, Okonkwo, exemplifies the struggle of native cultures to persist in their traditions in the...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary ToK
This week grades 9 and 10 collaborated in online sessions to reinforce material that was covered through video lessons. In grade 9, we analyzed sources pertaining to the Berlin Wall crisis in 1961. In grade 11 TOK, students looked at the Areas of Knowledge (AOKs) to...
by John MWITA | Apr 22, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Science, The Grades
This week we built on our previous discussion about the principal of superposition to explain how standing waves are produced on strings and pipes. In relation to waves on string (transverse waves) and vibration of air molecules to produce sound (longitudinal waves),...
