by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Mar 14, 2019 | Front Page, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Intense week in Science. Grade 7 students continued working with Genetics and were introduced to forensic investigations and DNA fingerprinting. Grade 11 Biology students continued working with the Ecology unit and the Chemistry students covered energetics and...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Feb 21, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Busy week after spending one week in the mountains with grade 9s and having to mark all the MOCK exams and comment on them. Grade 11 and 12 students were busy on Sunday with the group 4 project, a mandatory assessment for the whole group 4 subjects (Sciences). The...
by Abby BREWER | Feb 14, 2019 | Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Oman Week, The Grades
Whoosh… upon our return to Sohar we were greeted by a sandstorm. But what have we been doing? So, this week we embarked on a dangerous journey. We travelled over enormous boulders and endless narrow paths, between deadly cliff drops and thorny forests… okay, maybe I’m...
by Abby BREWER | Feb 12, 2019 | Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Oman Week, The Grades
G11 had their big hike today, made even bigger when certain (male) someones (who will remain nameless) chose the wrong path on their hike, extending the hike into a much longer, challenging trek than initially anticipated. Luckily, they eventually found their way to...
by Abby BREWER | Feb 11, 2019 | Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Oman Week, The Grades
This year our G11 students proposed and got approval for something brand-new at ABIS: an Oman Week CAS Trip! By investigating, planning and organizing the trip all by themselves, they are fulfilling one of the major CAS requirements, which is to complete a CAS...
by Jorge Luis LOPEZ | Jan 31, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science
Yeah…Genetics: that fascinating area of the Sciences. Two of our grades are studying Genetics this week: grade 7 Science students started the unit on inheritance with a Genetics scavenger hunt and grade 12 Biology students are covering the IB Genetics chapter...
