Concepts are understandings that cross time, place and culture. Imagine that you had a series of telescopes or lenses that when you looked through them you would see the world in a very particular way. This is what concepts help learners do, see that regardless of disciplines or subjects all things are connected and can be viewed in particular ways through conceptual understandings.

The IB PYP has identified seven key concepts to focus all learning in the primary years. However conceptual inquiry is not unique or limited to teaching within the IB. For more ideas feel free to contact us and we can help you develop concept driven inquiry for you and your learners.

CHANGE: how is it transforming?
If you are looking through the CHANGE ‘telescope’ you will be able to uncover an idea that stretches across time place and culture inviting us to look at the changes and transformations things undergo as they age, are made, develop or move from one state, shape or position to another.

Use the CHANGE lens to look at these photos…

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