Presentation on Water Currents

As the final term of DP 1 starts, there is a new topic for ESS. The first topic for ESS in DP 1 this term, will be Topic 4: Water. As we completed the introduction to water, we went over the basics such as the water cycle and the availability of water. Towards the end of the first chapter there is a subtopic known as ocean currents. This was a concept new to all of us ESS students so we were a little confused in the beginning. Our facilitator had an interesting idea, to allow us to present our own understanding on this topic. We had so much to cover such as the functions of ocean currents and an interesting case study on ENSO.

We all created our slides and presented our understanding. There was a difficulty between our classmates about presenting the case study because we did not really understand it. But thanks to the presentation we were able to figure it out ourselves. I believe that it was a really fun idea to have us present it ourselves, because we had to take our own initiative and research it , which is a very important skill. Tasks like this improve our initiative skills and that is an integral part in IB and that will prepare us for DP 2.

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