Many ideas, one in focus, 7th and 8th March, 2011

As we moved on to the 3^rd and 4^th days of the Exhibition, the students gradually immersed themselves further into an academic understanding of the work ahead. The students discussed all the real life issues that they had listed, first in groups and then as a whole class to clearly identify the one strand which seemed most important to them from the description of ‘Sharing the Planet’. It was amazing and thrilling to see how the minds of all these students worked in rhythm as every group highlighted the struggle to share finite resources with people and other living beings, as the one that was most critical! 

The students planned the entire timeline to their Exhibition, with guidance from Ms. Shalini, going backwards and forwards, to accommodate the different stages of the work ahead! They also reflected on their prior knowledge of the Essential Elements and had a discussion to refresh themselves on the same. Soon it was time for them to learn about a Central Idea and considering their preferred strand come up with one that would sum up their concerns the best. This task was challenging to say the least as the students empathised with the work that teachers do, to come up with the whole school Programme of Inquiry.