World Earth Day

April 25, 2022

Earth Day was observed on 22 April, 2022 within the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at SFHS, Chandigarh. The students of IBDP actively participated in the integrated activity between Group 1, Group 4 and Theory of Knowledge. This initiative was a small endeavour to sensitise our students to global issues and engage them in creative and critical thinking.

The students were given a letter written by Mother Earth proclaiming her demands from humans with regard to the preservation of the planet. Students wrote a response to Earth about her feelings and accusations using one RLS (Real Life Situation) to defend their claims. They used the technology medium, Padlet, to express their thoughts. After submitting their responses on Padlet, they read their classmates’ responses and discussed the following question:  ‘Did others’ perspectives change their perspective in any way?’ Students effectively shared their ideas on each other’s responses about the issues. This activity further extended the link to the TOK framework and key concept of Perspective, where students were asked to write their journal entry on the knowledge question: “Is an understanding of the perspective of other knowers essential in the pursuit of knowledge?Overall, this interdisciplinary activity on Earth Day motivated students to engage in environmentally-conscious practices.