IBMYP Horizontal/Vertical Planner
Subject Area: Science MYP Level: 3
Time
Frame /Unit Topic
/ MYP Objectives / State / Provincial Standards / Significant Concept / AOI(AOI Student Learning expectation) / MYP Unit Question / MYP Assessment Task / MYP Criteria
6 weeks / Scientific Method / Communication in Science
Knowledge and Understanding of Science
Scientific Inquiry / N.Y.S. Standard 1 and 6 / Solving problems is an important skill that can helps us learn about the world around us. / Human Ingenuity
Reflection on the processes involved in innovation,
creation, development and change / How are problems solved? / Student Led Inquiry around Gummy Bears / B
D
5 weeks / Cells and Cell Processes / One World
Knowledge and Understanding of Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / Everything has a purpose regardless of its size. / Health and Social
Reflection on looking after ourselves—including
issues such as
diseases / How do the parts help maintain the whole? / Constructed response test
Research an issue related to Hypertension/Dehydration and respond to writing prompt in a 1 page position paper. / A
C
6 weeks / Genetics/Evolution and Extinction / One World
Communication in Science
Knowledge and Understanding of Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / Things aren’t as perfect as they may seem / Human Ingenuity
Reflection of the impact of innovation and creation on
individuals, communities, societies and the world / How perfect is perfect? / The students will have to create Punnet squares/Pedigree chart to align with their Utopia, participate in an open forum where they will justify their position from a scientific perspective, and write responses to at least 5 constructed response questions and reflect on the genetic engineering of crops. / A
B
C
3 weeks / Ecology and the Environment / Knowledge and Understanding of Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / Everything is interrelated. / Environments
Reflection on our responsibilities to our
environments / Who do you depend on? / Create a Food Web / C
4 weeks / Atmosphere/Water Cycle / Communication in Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / The decisions that I make today affect what happens tomorrow. / Health & Social Education
Reflections of how to make choice and the effects it could have on them and society / To what extent do my decisions, affect today, tomorrow, and the future? / Research Paper on a Greenhouse Gas / B
4 weeks / Physical /Chemical Properties of matter/Density / Scientific Inquiry
Processing Data
Attitudes in Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / Properties determine everything. / Human Ingenuity
Reflections of the processes involved in innovation,
creation, development and change / Who says it does not matter? / Student led inquiry on Density / D
E
F
4 weeks / Physical and Chemical Changes of Matter / Processing Data
Attitudes in Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / Change is a part of everything. / Human Ingenuity
The reflection on how individual desire to create, develop or
change things
how systems or products develop and
change over time / When does change matter? / Graph construction and analysis on the states of matter using water and temperature changes during a chemical change / E
F
4 weeks / Periodic Table / Communication in Science / N.Y.S. Standard 4 / No matter how different things/people may look/behave, we are all made up of the same substances. / Environments
Reflection our responsibilities to our
Environments (on the effects of our actions, attitudes and constructs, such as sustainable development and conservation) / When does fact really matter? / Students will research and create presentations on an element in the periodic table / B
MYP Vertical and Horizontal Matrix