The Brainwave unit is a great way to start the academic year, helping children to understand more about how they learn and what things they can do to improve their learning. Over the last several weeks, I have been putting together these lesson plans and resources (below) for the IPC Brainwave unit, to use with our Milepost 3 students (9 to 11 years old).
Week 1 Brainwave Lesson Plan
Week 2 Brainwave Lesson Plan
Slides to use for the Brainwave Unit
As our school prepares for IPC accreditation, this has also given me the opportunity to make sure that all the plans, activities and resources are in line with the IPC’s core standards. The slides for example (shown above), can be used as a template for future IPC units, by providing prompts (e.g. “Explaining the Theme”, “The Big Idea”, “Our Focus Country”, etc.), helping to guide teachers through the IPC learning process.
IPC Exercise Book Exemplar
In order to help visualise how an IPC exercise book should look, you can find below images of the first several pages of an exemplar IPC exercise book:
This video looks at how to use folders and subfolders within the Google Drive, so that students can upload their work, e.g. docs, photos and videos, into a digital student portfolio folder. The video then explains how such folders can be organised, shared with and made easily accessible for teachers.