Causes of the First World War/ Fighting the First World War One of the summative assessment tasks that the Grade Seven I & S class were asked to prepare was a research project and presentation on colonialism. This involved preparing awritten summary explaining pre-colonial existence, the effects of invasion by a colonial empire and presenting pictorial
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G11-G12 Science
2019.11.20 Wednesday
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Physics and Chemistry: Energy Unit G11 and G12 Physics and Chemistry and AP students visited the Chinese Renewable Energy Exhibition on November 8. As part of the energy unit students studied sources of clean and renewable energy. They also studied the impact of fossil fuels on the environment. The students had a chance to see
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G12 English Language and Literature (HL & SL)
2019.11.20 Wednesday
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IOC – The Awakening, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the poetry of Langston Hughes Grade 12 students, from the beginning of the school year, have been studying their necessary texts for their Part 4 – Literature: critical study. For many, part 4 is especially daunting because the assessment for this part is the Individual
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G7-8 I&S/ G10 History/ MUN Design
2019.11.20 Wednesday
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G7 I&S: Fighting the First World War G8 I&S: Stalin’s Soviet Union G10 History: The Hungarian Revolution MUN Design: The Social and Economic Council in Afghanistan For G7 I&S, students learned about how World War One affected Africa and Asia. We used Lake Tanganyika and Qingdao as specific case studies of colonies who were caught
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G9/ G11 Business
2019.11.20 Wednesday
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Business Simulation On 14 November 2019, our G9 and G11 students had a great opportunity to experienceASDAN Business Simulation in our own classroom. Ms. Kemi Lu, the ASDAN Business Simulation trainer, introduced the students to how the simulation works and the basic knowledge required. The students then logged into the ASDAN business simulation system and
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First Contact in Social Life The topic of unit 2 in Grade 7 is a countries overview of the major German-speaking countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein. In this unit the students got to know about the society, technology, economic, politic and different customs in these four countries. G7 students were asked to organize their
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G8 Science
2019.11.08 Friday
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Life and Living The grade 8 Science class has started Unit 2 Life and Living, and they have kicked off with the Search for Starch. Students had a hands-on experience in the laboratory by doing the classic starch test on a green leaf. The topic is photosynthesis and respiration and this particular activity also link with concepts that they
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Dream Bedrooms In G6A Design class, students are referring to the Design Cycle which includes four main steps: inquiring and analyzing, developing ideas, creating the solution and evaluating to create and decorate their dream bedrooms. Students have a design cycle template to be gradually filled in as they progress in their new findings of the ways to improve their
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G9 Chinese Language Literature
2019.11.08 Friday
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Drama The Grade 9 students in Mandarin Language Literature class are learning about Drama. In this unit, they have learnt the literary knowledge about the drama. They read the excerpt from the famous movie script “The sound of Music”. They rewrote Maupassant’s representative work “The Necklace” into a script and then they act one of the parts in
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