by Jonathan ADAMS | Apr 11, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Four students from Grade 11 will represent ABIS in the 2019 International Mathematical Modeling Challenge, a contest that posts a single real world problem for students to solve by creating a mathematical model of the situation. Last week, Emma, Akram, Taif and Eunhye...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Apr 8, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Our Math HL students discovered again what many have enjoyed about mathematics for ages… sometimes insight only comes after great struggle, but the satisfaction of understanding something truly difficult approaches shear joy. Once you get a taste of victory over...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Mar 28, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
This week the lab activities have focused mainly around waves, since was the fresh topic we started with the grade 7 students. We produced a wave machine, froze a series of waves using a stroboscopic light of equivalent frequency, talked about the different types of...
by Todd DAVIS | Mar 27, 2019 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 6, Grade 9, IGCSE, The Grades
As part of the ABIS Community Council outreach program, thirteen students and two chaperones visited Al Suwaihrah Basic Education School in Sohar this week. The 4th graders from this school were thrilled to spend some quality time with ABIS students doing activities...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Mar 21, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
We have been finishing quite a number of units in Science this week. Grade 7 students finished the Inheritance unit and were tested on it, after doing a research project in DNA fingerprinting and crime scene investigation. Next week we will be starting a unit on...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Mar 21, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
Grade 11 students are doing a great job in breaking down and analyzing poetry by Carol Ann Duffy. They first do this in groups and then discuss as a whole class. The discussions are mostly student lead, and I only step in to steer them in the right direction if...
