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Learners will design their own number line to better grasp number sense and conduct simple addition functions.
Leading Question
Can you make your own number line?
Total Time Required:
5 hours over five days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (High)
Subjects:
Mathematics & Numeracy
Resources Required
Medium
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Learners will plan a campaign to spread awareness about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle plastic. To do this, they will generate solutions using concepts such as the properties of plastics, changes materials undergo over time, and the impact of plastics on the environment.
LEADING QUESTION:
What makes plastic special and dangerous at the same time?
Total Time Required:
40-60 min a day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Science, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
Learners will use the properties of magnets to design a board game. They will apply the knowledge of properties of magnets to do so.Learners will use the properties of magnets to design a board game.
Total Time Required:
40-60 min a day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Science, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
Water Conservation: From Awareness to Action
Learners will make materials to spread awareness about the need and ways to conserve water in their community. They will do this based on the concepts of causes of water scarcity, water usage in our daily lives, water cycle, and rainwater harvesting to do so.
Total Time Required:
40-50 minutes a day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Mathematics & Numeracy, Science, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
Learners will carry out various experiments to learn about plants. Then, they will put together their own mini garden and create art with flowers.
LEADING QUESTION:
What does it take to grow your own garden?
Total Time Required:
40-60 minutes per day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Science, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
Learners will understand and apply the concepts of heat absorption and insulation to design and create a solar water heater. They will also understand the workings of a thermometer and use it to measure the temperature of heated water.
LEADING QUESTION:
How hot can water get if I heat it only using sunlight?
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Science
Resources Required
High
Learners will create a model of a room that gets completely lit up by one beam of light entering through a small opening. They will achieve this by manipulating the light beam using plane and curved mirrors, as well as lenses.
LEADING QUESTION:
Can I light up an entire room using one thin beam of light?
Total Time Required:
40-60 min a day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Science, Literacy, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
Learners will explore electric circuits and the effects of electric currents.
They will use these concepts to create their own electric appliances.
LEADING QUESTION:
What does it take to create an electric appliance?
Total Time Required:
40-60 min a day for 5 days
Self-guided / Supervised activity:
Supervised (Medium)
Subjects:
Mathematics & Numeracy, Science, Art and Design
Resources Required
Medium
M-Education Alliance Award (Crisis and Conflict Response)
USA, 2021
World Innovations Summit For Education (WISE) Award
Qatar, 2022
HundrED Innovations Global Collection
Finland, 2022
QS-Wharton Reimagine Education (Access, Diversity, and Inclusion)
USA, 2023
HGSE Alumni Council Award for Impact in Education
USA, 2024
Open Education Awards for Excellence
Qatar, 2024
Anthem Awards
USA, 2024
Resource Categories part two
Playlists
PBL resources organized by theme to give learners a more focused learning experience
Learning Packages→
Ready-to-use, holistic, and interactive student-facing tools that combine our existing IFERB resources into month-long workbooks.
Innovations Development Directorate
Innovation Development in EAA works towards identifying persistent challenges in global education, designing and developing innovative solutions to make learning accessible to all, particularly to the hardest-to-reach children and youth in underserved communities. We created IFERB, an award-winning learning approach with diverse and engaging resources to help children learn from the world around them.