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.

CAUSATION: Why is it like this?
If you are looking through the CAUSATION ‘telescope’ you will be able to uncover an idea stretches across time place and culture that suggests that there is no random event or action. Things happen because of a cause effect relationship. Looking at things through causation lens invites us to explore actions or interactions and the related causes and consequences.

For example:
What are the consequences?
Cause and effect: What happened … because…?
What impact might the choice have on …?
What might a change or disruption to the systems or connections mean or result in?

Use the CAUSATION lens to look at these photos…

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