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Monday 29th of April, in the EARJ auditorium, IB biology students will be presenting a list of eleven potential body implants which they have designed to solve real world medical problems. Teachers with their students, and staff from the EARJ…
I recently celebrated my birthday by climbing sugar-loaf mountain with a group of friends, following the famous Costao de Azuca route. This allows for a mixture of steep hiking, scrambling and all-out climbing to reach the summit in about…
Project-based learning is defined by Jay McTigh (Buck institute of Learning) as when “Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem…
If you wanted to study the minute algae and hardy plants clinging to the open rock faces of sugarloaf mountain, you would probably find something new. I mean, how many biologists have the ability to fly? But what if you…
Any adventurous activity is made much safer by the presence of a loyal and trustworthy companion (or two). Rock climbing is no exception. As rock climbing is being re-introduced to the EARJ this year, the student rock climbing president asked…
It is always exciting for a new teacher to start at a new international school. At the EARJ, I have immediately felt warmly welcomed by the staff, parents and the students. There is something vibrant and kind in the culture…
IB HL students model the electron transport chain. This is the final stage of aerobic respiration, where the energy is harvested from electrons to make ATP through chemiosmosis.
Designing your own experiments for the purposes of following an inductive line of enquiry is, well, the heartbeat of modern so called ‘hard science’. IB juniors were challenged this week to create experiments which investigated factors which affect reaction times…
It is well documented that young adults have a need for play in their daily lives, and that combining learning with play can be successful. In my own practice I am curious about the process of ‘ constructing memory’ and…
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