Central Idea: Human decisions shape the sustainability, equity, and long-term survival of interconnected ecological systems.
Age Group: PYP 5 (10–11 years)
Duration: Full-Day Systems Analysis and Ethical Inquiry Program
Venue: Enchanting Acres
Learning Style: Analytical • Systems-Based • Evidence-Driven • Ethical Reflection
Includes: Pre Tour, On Tour and Post Tour Activities
“Systems, Power and Sustainability” reframes Enchanting Acres as a live sustainability case study. Students investigate ecological interdependence, analyse resource allocation, evaluate human control over living systems, and confront ethical tensions between productivity and environmental balance.
The inquiry arc progresses through:
Observation → Systems Mapping → Resource Analysis → Ethical Evaluation → Proposal Design
This is not a farm visit.
It is a sustainability audit conducted by upper primary investigators.
• Research – primary data collection and structured documentation
• Thinking – systems analysis, multi-variable reasoning, long-term projection
• Communication – evidence-based argumentation
• Social – collaborative synthesis and debate
• Self-Management – independent inquiry and responsible field conduct
Students will:
• Analyse ecological interdependence within farm systems
• Evaluate how human decisions affect sustainability
• Identify trade-offs between productivity and environmental balance
• Examine power dynamics in resource control
• Construct systems models showing inputs, outputs, and feedback loops
• Propose evidence-based sustainability improvements
Students will:
• Produce a labelled farm systems map
• Identify at least three resource inputs and outputs
• Analyse one ethical dilemma observed on-site
• Evaluate one sustainability vulnerability
• Justify one improvement proposal using field evidence
• Reflect critically on human responsibility
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