Human livelihoods, ecosystems, and cultural practices are interconnected systems, and sustainable choices help maintain balance over time.
Sharing the Planet
Global Interactions • Sustainability • Interdependence • Responsibility
Age Group: MYP 2 (12–13 years)
Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
Venue: Coorg & Western Ghats – Plantation, Forest, Adventure & Cultural Sites
Learning Style: Inquiry-based • Systems Thinking • Experiential • Reflective • Collaborative
Includes: Pre-Tour Learning • On-Tour Experiences • Post-Tour Reflection & Action
This experiential programme supports MYP 2 learners in exploring how natural environments, human livelihoods, wildlife conservation, adventure activities, and regional culture function as connected systems.
Through plantation studies, wildlife observation, forest trekking, coffee processing, adventure challenges, and cultural visits, students examine how choices made by people affect ecosystems and communities. Learning focuses on cause-and-effect relationships, responsibility, and sustainable decision-making, aligned with the IB transdisciplinary theme Sharing the Planet.
Students develop:
• Research Skills: Observation, note-taking, basic system tracking
• Thinking Skills: Cause–consequence analysis, identifying connections
• Communication Skills: Group discussion, reflection, explanation
• Social Skills: Teamwork, cooperation, shared leadership
• Self-Management Skills: Responsibility, resilience, time awareness
Students will:
• Explore connections between ecosystems, livelihoods, and communities
• Investigate sustainability challenges in farming and forest regions
• Observe how human actions impact natural systems
• Identify conservation practices using field evidence
• Suggest responsible actions that support environmental balance
Students will be able to:
• Explain how coffee plantations function as ecological and economic systems
• Identify biodiversity challenges in the Western Ghats
• Describe cause–effect relationships in farming, wildlife, and tourism
• Reflect on teamwork, leadership, and personal responsibility
• Propose simple, realistic sustainability actions
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