3WorldWorks


 * 2008-2009, 2009-2010 **

Art In art, we will look at simple, compound, and complex machines that make our lives easier in the art world. We will explore how machines and tools have progressed over time with the advent of technology. One example would be how native peoples created pottery will simple natural tools (stick, stones, thier own bare hands!) and clay found in the earth. In modern times, we have pug mills to mix clay for us from dried materials. We have electric kilns, whereas native people dug pits in the earth to fire their pottery and had to produce the flame from a natural source. We have extruders and molds and electric wheels to make the process of building a pot easier and more efficient. We will also look in depth at how the weaving loom as progressed from a simple machine to a complex one in modern times. Students will also explore advances in the printing press as well as various printmaking fields.

Music In music class we will study the way that: People use available materials to make musical instruments (the interaction between the natural world and human societies). People use scientific understanding to create musical instruments. People  use scientific and technological advances to create music, musical instruments, recordings of music, and special effects for music.

PE - In P.E. we will relate the Aesop fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare" to the PYP attitude of commintment. We will emphasize how healthy habits of eating and exercising will promote healthy brains and therefore improved thinking skills. To support the PYP attitude of cooperation we will focus on how good sports practice cooperation and teamwork.

** Spanish ** - To support the central idea that machines are systems that allow work to be done with increased efficiency, we will talk about the advance of technology in Spain and how similar/different it is from the US (specifically cellphones, television, wifi and fishing boats).

**Library** - Students are shown how to use iBistro (the online catalog) to find books they are interseted in reading. Empahsis is placed on reading the call numbers to identify the types of books (fiction, nonfiction, or everybody). Additional titles are purchased for simple & complex machines (Pulleys, Levers, Inclined Planes and Wedges, Work).