Science Coffee Morning By: Hebatallah Gaber

Today’s Session  Science structure  MYP sciences aims  Science classes  Assessments  Parent tips: How to help your children in science?

 Students tips: how to be successful in science?  Managebac

Science structure @ Uptown  PYP: Science  MYP grades 6-8: Sciences  MYP grades 9-10: Biology- Physics- Chemistry  DP grades 11-12: Biology- Physics- Chemistry

MYP Sciences Aims To encourage and enable students to:  understand and appreciate science and its implications  consider science as a human endeavour with benefits and limitations  cultivate analytical, inquiring and flexible minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct explanations and judge arguments  develop skills to design and perform investigations, evaluate evidence and reach conclusions  build an awareness of the need to effectively collaborate and communicate  apply language skills and knowledge in a variety of real-life contexts   develop sensitivity towards the living and non-living environments reflect on learning experiences and make informed choices.

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What we do in the classroom:  Class activities  Modelling  Lab experiments  Lab report write ups  Research  Presentations  Tests  Written work  Games

Assessments: How will students be graded?

Four criteria:  Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding (Test/Data analysis/ Case study)  Criterion B: Inquiring and Designing (Design of an independent experiment)  Criterion C: Processing and Evaluating (Data collection and conclusion of an investigation)  Criterion D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science (Essay/ Presentation/ Poster/ Brochure)

How will students grades look like?

 Each criterion is valued out of 8 points  Total grade is then calculated out of 32  Grade boundaries… Final grade out of 7

Grade

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Boundary guidelines

1-5 6-9 10-14 15-18 19-23 24-27 28-32

Parent Tips: How to help your child in science  Ask your child to share with you what they are learning.

 Encourage inquiry and investigation at home when the opportunity presents itself.

 Check your child’s agenda for homework or assessment tasks due dates and help them keep a schedule for completing assignments.

 Help your child study for major tests by calling out vocabulary words or asking random questions from their book.

 If your occupation or hobbies involve science, please consider speaking with our classes.

Student tips: how to be successful in science  Use your diary to record short term and long term assignments. 2-2.5 hours of science homework assigned per week (including assessment tasks).

 Keep your science notes and sheets organized in your copybook.

 Reviewing daily Learning objectives.

 Develop your ATL skills, they help you “ Learn how to learn”.

Mangebac  All students should have activated their managebac accounts.

 All assignments will be posted and submitted through mangebac.

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