Human innovation develops through sustained interaction with natural systems, resource constraints, and environmental limits, shaping how societies adapt, transform, and survive over time.
HOW THE WORLD WORKS
Systems • Scientific and Technological Innovation • Cause and Effect • Sustainability • Limits
Age Group: MYP 5 (15–16 years)
Duration: 3 Days / 2 Nights – Residential Programme
Venue: Wayanad – Archaeological Landscapes, Forest Ecosystems, Water Systems & Indigenous Innovation Hubs
Learning Style: Inquiry-led • Systems-based • Evidence-driven • Comparative • Analytical
Includes: Pre-Tour Learning • On-Tour Field Investigation • Post-Tour Synthesis & Evaluation
This experiential learning programme enables students to critically investigate the dynamic relationship between natural systems and human innovation, focusing on how environmental conditions, material availability, and systemic limitations influence technological and societal responses.
Through archaeological evidence, ecosystem analysis, water management infrastructure, and indigenous innovation models, students examine why innovations emerge, how systems operate across scales, and where unintended consequences or sustainability challenges arise. The programme foregrounds systems thinking, causal analysis, and evaluative judgment aligned with MYP Sciences and interdisciplinary inquiry expectations.
Thinking Skills
Systems analysis • Cause–consequence mapping • Evaluation of limitations and trade-offs
Research Skills
Field observation • Data recording • Pattern recognition • Evidence interpretation
Communication Skills
Scientific explanation • Justification using evidence • Structured reflection
Self-Management Skills
Risk awareness • Responsibility • Reflective discipline • Task regulation
• What problem did this system aim to solve?
• How does the system function within its environment?
• What limitations or trade-offs are evident?
• Is the system sustainable over the long term, and why?
Students apply this analytical lens consistently across all sites and investigations.
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