Juniors and seniors enrolled in International Baccalaureate
(IB) program science at Westchester Academy for International Studies held a
special presentation event at the school recently to share their work and ideas
on a world crisis topic, the Global Effects of the Ebola Outbreak.
The special public presentation event, called a Group 4
Project, involved groups of students in biology, chemistry and physics working
as teams as they brainstormed, and created comprehensive plans focused on team
research, exploration and design related to the Ebola study topic.
Group 4 Projects are designed as interdisciplinary
investigations undertaken by all current junior and senior students enrolled in
an IB science class. The project aims to provide students with a real-life
experience in group problem solving, identified as a key need in many fields
for future workers of all types.
Westchester Academy conducts the Group 4 Project every two
years. Presentation Day events like the one held recently involve faculty,
student teams and observers walking around IB class spaces to listen to and
question presentations as delivered by the student groups.
The special presentations are described as a celebration of
creativity, collaboration and ingenuity.
In separate but related Westchester Academy news, the
district charter middle and high school campus sponsored an IB Diploma
Breakfast and Ceremony for WAIS students and IB Diploma Graduates on Thursday,
Dec. 18.
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