2. How similar are we to animals?
What does this question What do you know about
suggest? the topic?
What do you think we are Can you relate this
going to study? question with other
topics?
3. What important concepts are we
going to study in this unit?
Cells
Functions of living beings
Invertebrates
Classification of living
Vertebrates
beings
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4. What Areas of Interaction could we
use in this unit?
Approaches to Learning
Community and Service
Health and Social
Education
Environments
Human ingenuity
5. The Area of Interaction we are going
to use is:
Environments
What is a living being?
What are we made of?
How are animals important for
our society?
6. The tasks we are going to do in this
unit are:
CRITERION
OBJETIVES TASK
A B C D E F
Design your NGO to protect Project Biodiversity: Design x x x
biodiversity
your NGO
Learn the basic concepts about Exam Unit 2:Living beings, x x x
living beings and animals
animals
Introduce yourself in the use of Laboratory Assignment: x x x
microscope
Introduction to microscope
Observe and analyze the plant and Laboratory Assignment:
animal cell
Plant and animal cell
samples
Research and apply your Activities Living beings and x x x
knowledge about the Earth and the
Universe
animals
7. What Approaches to Learning skills
are we going to work?
organizational skills
collaborative skills, KAGAN
communication
information literacy
reflection
problem-solving and thinking skills
subject-specific and interdisciplinary conceptual
understanding.
8. What characteristics of the IB learner
profile could we develop in this unit?
Inquirers Open-minded
Knowledgeable Caring
Thinkers Risk-takers
Communicators Balanced
Principled Reflective
9. What characteristics of the IB learner
profile are we going to develop in
this unit?
Inquirers Open-minded
Knowledgeable Caring
Thinkers Risk-takers
Communicators Balanced
Principled Reflective
