Global Interactions (Service As Action during Classroom Learning)

MYP 1 students were working on a unit called Global Interactions. In this unit they focused on various global threats and solutions to address these threats. One such threat they addressed is ‘Plastic Wastage’. After much of brainstorming the students thought of recycling bottles to make a seat and donate it to the School Library. A student has narrated her experience in her words.

Sayli Tongaonkar

(Individuals and Societies Teacher)

A brief by Ira Shivadey (MYP 1 B)

The last Individuals and Societies unit was extremely interesting and full of knowledge. Our unit was about the wastage of plastic and other resources and how it affects the earth. We learned many things such as The great pacific garbage patch. It is a gyre of plastic waste that contains about 7 million tons of trash. Most of it created by humans. So we decided to come up with an innovative way to spread awareness and put out our effort to reduce plastic waste. Everyone in our grade came up with a specific research question about plastic waste. On this research question we created a survey and was sent to many students and teachers in the school. All the data that was collected helped answer our research question. This survey helped us understand the importance of reducing and recycling plastic waste and how we can make a difference. An innovative idea we came up with was making seats out of plastic. Over the weeks each of us collected as many plastic bottles as we could and once we gathered everything we wanted,with bit of research and strategy we build sturdy and comfortable seats which were then covered in fabric. These seats were then handed over to library for students or teachers to use. It was a great idea to spread awareness about recycling plastic, we hope many students and teachers get inspired by this idea to bring a reduced plastic atmosphere to the school. We will still try in every way to make a good difference to our school and our world.

Some more strategies we thought are using cloth bags or paper bags for shoppings. Each of us made it a point to make our parents use cloth or paper bag for shopping. We also decided that we will use recyclable bottles, bottles that could be refilled and used.

Human systems and economic activities	The study of how and why people construct organizations and systems; the ways in which people connect locally and globally; the distribution of power and authority.
Social organization and culture	The study of people, communities, cultures and societies in the ways in which individuals, groups and societies interact with each other.
Continuity and change through time	The study of the relationships between people and events through time; the past, its influences on the present and its implications for the future; people who have shaped the future through their actions.
Human and natural environments	The study of the distinctive features that give a place its identity; how people adapt to and alter their environment; how people experience and represent place; the impact of natural disasters on people and the built environment.
Resources and the environment	The interaction between people and the environment; the study of how humans allocate and manage resources; the positive and negative effects of this management; the impact of scientific and technological developments on the environment.

Living things	The study of the characteristics, systems and behaviours of humans and other animals, and of plants; the interactions and relationships between and among them, and with their environment.
Earth and space	The study of planet Earth and its position in the universe, particularly its relationship with the sun; the natural phenomena and systems that shape the planet and the distinctive features that identify it; the infinite and finite resources of the planet.
Materials and matter	The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose.
Forces and energy	The study of energy, its origins, storage and transfer, and the work it can do; the study of forces; the application of scientific understanding through inventions and machines. (IBO, 2009)

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