Central Idea: Systems function through interacting parts, and innovation improves efficiency, safety, and performance.
Key Concepts: Causation • Function • Connection • Change
Related Concepts: Force • Energy Transfer • Design • Safety • Efficiency • Interdependence
Age Group: PYP 4 ( 9–10 years)
Duration: Full-Day Programme
Venue: Discovate – Innovation, Science & Adventure Learning Park
Learning Approach: Inquiry-driven • Analytical • Experimental • Reflective
Includes: Pre-Tour Inquiry • On-Tour Exploration • Post-Tour Consolidation
“Systems of Science” transforms Discovate into a real-world systems investigation space for PYP 4 learners.
Students examine how mechanical systems, body coordination systems, safety systems, and motion systems operate through interacting parts. The inquiry deepens from simple cause-and-effect toward analysis of efficiency and design improvement.
Learners test variables, observe force and balance interactions, evaluate how safety mechanisms reduce risk, and explain how innovation improves system performance.
Research: Identifying system components, observing patterns, recording structured evidence
Thinking: Variable analysis, cause-and-effect reasoning, evaluation of design efficiency
Communication: Structured explanation using scientific vocabulary
Social: Collaborative role distribution and group reflection
Self-Management: Safety compliance, responsible participation
Creative Thinking: System redesign and improvement proposals
Students analyse how mechanical and motion systems function.
Students investigate force, balance, and energy transfer in physical activities.
Students evaluate how safety systems improve performance and reduce risk.
Students examine how innovation modifies systems over time.
Students construct evidence-based explanations of system behaviour.
Students describe interacting parts within a system and their functions.
Students explain how force and balance influence movement.
Students evaluate efficiency and safety features within systems.
Students justify suggestions for system improvement.
Students communicate conclusions using structured reasoning.
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