Transdisciplinary theme:    Sharing the Planet

• An inquiry into the rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Central idea :  Children worldwide encounter a range of challenges, risk and opportunities

Lines of Inquiry:

• What are the challenges, risks and opportunities that children encounter?
• The ways in which individuals and organisations work to protect children from risk.
• Scientific advances respond to the need and provide opportunity.

Student voice:

I learnt that there are different types of poverty and homelessness. (Sam C)

I learnt that what we take for granted everyday, people in third world countries dream to have. (Freya H)

Children in Afghanistan get use to walking to school with guns pointed towards them. (Angus Busby)

I learnt that in third world countries their water contains viruses that can make you really sick. (Patrick W)

There are many organisations around the world that help third world countries. (Coen R)

I enjoyed designing the “cleanator”, in hope to provide opportunities to children in third world countries who are less fortunate than ourselves. (Annie H)

Over 22 thousand children live in extreme poverty around the world. (Stella W)

More than half the world live on less than a dollar a day. (Tess N)

Third world countries don't have as many rights as we do (Liam P)

When we have a small problem we turn it into a big problem and we don't think twice about the people in third world countries and their problems (Sienna)