PYP

Exhibition
2014-2015

What is exhibition?
Culminating experience
Demonstrate your learning in the PYP

What is assessed?
Your participation
Your work
Planning
Learning
Reflection
Methods used
The way you link your exhibition to the
transdisciplinary themes
Action that you engage in as a result

The development
1. Discussing possible real-life
issues or problems to be
investigated
2. Posing questions that help
define the central idea and to
decide upon the lines of inquiry
3. Gathering the necessary
material
4. Recording and reflecting
5. Presenting the exhibition

1. Discussing possible real-life

issues or problems to be
investigated

How?
Take time to reflect
Identify issues or problems in your school or
local area, or issues relevant to children in
other parts of the world
Talk with your teacher Can it be
the basis for your exhibition?

1. Discussing possible real-life issues or problems to be investigated

2. Posing questions that help to

define the central idea and to
decide upon the lines of inquiry

Is the issue important?

Discuss your ideas with different people,
both inside and outside school
Visit a local site
Identify and look at available books and
resources
Consider how the issue connects to the
transdisciplinary themes
2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

How to construct
questions?
Think about PYP concepts

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

Why central idea, lines of inquiry and

questions?
Help you stay focused
during the investigation
Help you find out about
your exhibition issue

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

Tips
Discuss with your teacher and/or mentor to
see if your ideas are realistic and achievable

2. Posing questions: central idea and lines of inquiry

3. Planning the exhibition

Write down ideas

Where do we find the materials
and resources we need?
Who might have useful information?
What kind of experiences might inform our
inquiries?
Do we need to carry out any experiments?
Do we need to prepare a questionnaire or
survey?
What kind of technology will we need to have
access to?
3. Planning the exhibition

Choosing sources & materials

A variety of different resources
The more, the better
Book --- check bibliography
Interview --- further suggestion for your inquiries
Experiment --- lead to other investigations

Consider
bias
usefulness
3. Planning the exhibition

4. Gathering the necessary

material

Always write down

the source

Tips: Use www.bibme.org

to help you create the
bibliography.

Printed text: author(s), title, publisher and date of

publication
Website: website address, date of data retrieval
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html, retrieved
on (date)

Interview: name, address, role, date

Experiment: equipment, method, results,
conclusions
Work of art: title, artist, reference (museum,
recording) if appropriate
4. Gathering the necessary material

5. Recording & reflecting

 Reflect in a constructive way

Make regular entries in a journal
All your ideas, decisions, and actions
Show progress and development of your
understanding of the issue

Include evidence of the process

Photo
Video
Interview notes
Feedback & comments from peers, teachers
and/or mentors and parents
5. Recording & reflecting

6. Presenting the exhibition

How to present the

result?
Be informed about the material. Answer
questions confidently
Discuss with your teacher and/or mentor
before you start working on it

6. Presenting the exhibition

How to present the result?

Use diagrams, drawings and/or photographs
to add to the clarity of the presentation
Look at past exhibitions
Clear, informative, appropriate for a range of
audiences

6. Presenting the exhibition

Staging the exhibition

It is a requirement that the exhibition is
shared with members of the wider school
community

6. Presenting the exhibition

Formats

An interactive display
A performance
A debate
A combination of formats

6. Presenting the exhibition

Should include
Examples of written work
Poetry
Reports
Persuasive texts

Oral presentations, individually or in groups

Uses of technology: ICT, working models,
designs, science experiments
Performances or compositions: dance, music,
drama, visual arts, film, video, mixed media
6. Presenting the exhibition

Action
Sustainable
fish vs. fishing rod

Celebrate your learning!