IB marks Earth Day 22 April
Join with other IB World Schools, and the wider community in marking Earth Day this year, on 22 April.
A very strong earthquake - 8.8 on the Richter scale - hit Chile on Saturday.
Among the many reports on the disaster are:
New York Times updates
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/latest-updates-on-chiles-earthquake/
BBC Mundo (esp)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/02/100227_chile_terremoto.shtml
"Going global without going anywhere" attached below is a pdf of a PowerPoint presentation on this topic given recently at a number of conferences and workshops.
It includes suggestions of 10 things teachers can do to introduce or enhance a global dimension in teaching.
Comments/ feedback most welcome.
References for the PowerPoint, and additional resources and references on how to address the global in schools aslo attached.
See also
Resources and links for teaching about the Haiti earthquake are available on this link to a page at the UK portal site Global Dimension:
IB marks Earth Day, 22 April 2010.
Earth Day is 22 April. Starting in a small way 40 years ago, it now involves a billion people finding out more about our shared planet, and taking action. Following a resolution in 2009, the UN has now designated 22 April as Mother Earth Day.
IB is inviting IB World Schools to mark Earth Day by taking part in activities and teaching the specially written IB global lessons on or around 22 April.
IB global lessons will be available for
Up to 3 million people have been affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday (12 January), according to the International Red Cross.
The Royal High School, Bath, UK recently introduced the IB Diploma as an option for its older students. The school wished to involve all its students (younger students and those not taking the IB Diploma) in its new status as an IB World school. It has done this by making the IB community theme a focus for the whole school.
Below is a call for submission of student work demonstrating characteristics indicating global awareness. This is part of a new project to set out the characteristics we would seek to develop in students prepared for life in a global world. Among those engaged in the project are Harvard Project Zero. As part of the work an interesting and useful Global Competency Matrix has been developed.
Attached is a pdf of a PowerPoint presentation given on this topic at the recent IB heads' conference in Seville.
Facing the Future is a US-based organisation that produces excellent teaching materials - some described elsewhere on this site.
Below is an invitation from Facing the future to review materials for an new unit on "stuff" - "all of the material products we buy and use, from cell phones to bananas."
