22.1.2016 Subject info for first graders

Us third graders were asked to give a brief introduction to each IB subject in order to make it easier for the first graders to choose their  6 IB subjects for the upcoming two years. Me and Suvi decided to introduce Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) in a way that would best reflect what it is actually like to study the subject. We made a short PowerPoint presentation with funny but informative comics about environmental issues and listed the main subjects they would come across while studying ESS (e.g. characteristics of different systems and pollution management strategies). The goal was to make the pre-students to think twice before choosing ESS because it is so hard and frustrating.

The presentation itself was not exactly difficult to make or present, but since I have an antisocial personality I was a bit nervous about talking to a group of other people that looked up to me as a senior IB student. I knew that two years ago as a pre-IB student I would have outright refused to do this kind of presentation, but I also realized that my boundaries and skills had improved since that time. Therefore, in collaboration with Suvi and the audience, I was able to keep a fairly consistent and entertaining presentation about the dangers of ESS. Hopefully it helped the pre-IB to choose!

In the picture above my friends Fanny and Suvi presenting IB psychology to the pre-IB. (We forgot to ask for a picture of me and Suvi having the ESS presentation and so Fanny gave a permission to use this picture.)