Middle Years Programme
The MYP Middle Years Programme
The MYP is for students aged 11-16 and at AIS implemented in Grades 7-10. The framework encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world.
The MYP is a five-year programme and students who complete the MYP are well-prepared to undertake the IB Diploma Programme (DP).
At AIS the MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents. The MYP requires at least 50 hours of teaching time for each subject group, in each year of the programme. In the final two years of the programme, carefully-defined subject group flexibility allows students to meet local requirements and personal learning goals.
Early learning in the PYP is a holistic learning experience that integrates socio-emotional, physical and cognitive development. In the PYP classroom, it takes place in dynamic environments that promote play, discovery and exploration.
We choose to implement the PYP as it recognizes that learners in this age range require approaches to learning and to teaching that honor their developmental stage, and the importance of play as the vehicle for inquiry. Since experiences during the early years lay the foundation for all future learning, the PYP framework allows educators to make choices to best enable learners to flourish.
- identities and relationships
- personal and cultural expression
- orientations in space and time
- scientific and technical innovation
- fairness and development
- globalization and sustainability.
Conceptual understanding
Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. AIS MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically. The MYP prescribes sixteen key interdisciplinary concepts along with related concepts for each discipline.
Approaches to learning
A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning (ATL) provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these social, thinking, research, communication and self management skills helps students learn how to learn.
Service as action, through community service
Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. AIS IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
Inclusion and learning diversity in AIS MYP
As part of the MYP curriculum, we at AIS address differentiation within the written, taught and assessed curriculum.
Grade 7 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in Language Acquisition are: “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, ”Using language in spoken and written form”.
Grade 7 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in
Grade 7 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in Individuals & Society are to: “Use vocabulary in context”, “Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of subject-specific content and concepts”, ”Using descriptions, explanations and examples”, “Explain the choice of a research question”, “Follow an action plan to explore a research question”, “Collect and record relevant information consistent with the research question”, “Reflect on the process and results of the investigation”, ”Communicate information and ideas with clarity”, “Organize information and ideas effectively for the task”, “List sources of information in a way that follows the task instructions”, “Identify the main points of ideas, events, visual representation or arguments”, “Use information to justify an opinion”, “Identify and analyse a range of sources/data in terms of origin and identify different views and their implications”.
The curriculum evolves in these units: innovations, natural environment, life in the middle ages, exploration and global interactions, sustainable energy, globalization.
Grade 7 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Science are forensic science, space: “What’s out there?”, ”Introducing cells”, “Healthy body systems”, “Making sense of elements and compounds”, “Mixing and separating”, “Useful energy”, “Floating, sinking and propulsion”.
Grade 7 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Mathematics are: “Rations and proportion”, “Probability, integers, algebraic, expression and equations”, “2D and 3D geometry”, “Univariate data, fractions, decimals, percentages and rates”.
Grade 7 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Music through time”, “Musical layers”, “Symphonic sounds” and “Rhythm is it”.
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Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Visual Arts are: “Color theory”, “Creative identity”, “Masks and tesla tangle”.
Grade 7 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Physical and health education are: “Body movement”, “Invasion games”, “Feeling fit”, “Starting out”.Grade 7 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Design are “Invention/innovation”, “Computer world”, “Introduction to computer science”, “Game development”, “Toys r us”, “Virtual home”, “Sports day”.
Grade 8 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 8 students in Language Acquisition are: “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, “Using language in spoken and written form”.
Grade 8 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 8 students in
Grade 8 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the curriculum evolves in these units: “How are societies organized?”, “What are the natural hazards and how do societies respond to them?”, “How can new technologies affect our identities and relationships”, “Where are all the people?”, “What is culture?”, “Why do societies experience revolutions?”
Grade 8 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Science evolve towards the objectives: “Knowing and understanding”, “Reflecting on science”, “Inquiry and designing, processing and evaluating”. The units are: “The sun and moon in our lives”, “Adaptations of organisms”, “Indigenous knowledge”, “Looking after ourselves”, “Using metals”, “Useful chemical reactions”, “Waves: light and sound and assistive technology”.
Grade 8 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Mathematics are: “Numbers”, “Triangles”, “Linear relationships”, “3D shapes”, “Bivariate data”, “Linear systems and geometric transformations”.
Grade 8 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Social astronomy, learn a music instrument”, “The language of music”, “From the gamelan to acid techno”, “Horror music”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Visual Arts are: “Social astronomy”, “Color theory”, “The heart of the city and street art”.
Grade 8 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Physical and health education are: body movement, invasion games, health and nutrition.
Grade 8 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Design are: “Printed fashion”, “Coding world”, “Sailing boats” and “Sports day”.
Grade 9 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 9 students in Language Acquisition are to “Learn and practice new vocabulary”, “Answer factual, conceptual and debatable questions”, “Reading comprehension”, “View videos, take notes, browse an online photo exhibition gallery”, “Have discussions”, “Write questions (using starters)”, “Interview others”, “Use a dictionary to find definitions”, “Use a thesaurus to find synonyms”, “Write sentences”, “Create a word cloud”, “Give a short presentation”, “Research artists”, Describe pieces of visual art”, Respond to quotes”, “Write and respond to poetry”, “Listen to poetry”, “Write a blog”, “Evaluate sources” among many others objectives.
Grade 9 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 9 students in
Grade 9 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units content for our Grade 9 students in Individuals & Society are: “Causality” (students will learn e.g. about causality though inquiry), “Conflict” (students will be introduced to e.g. the concept of conflict), “Development” (students will learn e.g. about a country’s level of development), “Choice” (students will for instance reflect and act on knowledge gained).
Grade 9 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Science are: “The world around us”, “Global diseases”, “Understanding matter”, “Body forms”, “Reproduction”, “DNA – The life molecule”, “Ions & our health”, “Light and sight” and “Making sense of electrical circuits”.
Grade 9 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Mathematics are: “2D, 3D & complex shapes measurement of spaces in different dimensions”, “Coordinate geometry”, “Linear functions”, “Quadratic relationships”, “Statistics”, “Exponential functions and line of best fit”.
Grade 9 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Arabesque, Music and Technology”, “Blues, Ensembles”, “Protest song”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Visual Arts are: “One point perspective”, “Impressionism”, “Gesture and drawing”, “Frozen actions” (Gesture Sculpture).
Grade 9 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Physical and health education are: “Movement”, “Game design”, “Fitness”.
Grade 9 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Design are “Space exploration”, “Coding”, “Business unit”, “3DPrinting masks”, “Inventions of the world”, “The legacy movement”, “The social experiment”.
Grade 10 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in Language Acquisition are “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, “Using language in spoken and written form”.
Grade 10 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in
Grade 10 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in Individuals & Society have an interdisciplinary approach: disciplinary grounding, synthesis, communication, reflection. Units in this subject are: “Causality”, “Trade”, “Why individual form social groups?”, “Power”, “Sustainability”, “How has our perspective changed now?”
Grade 10 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Science are: “Coordinated body systems”, “Global diseases”, “Understanding matter” (periodic table), “It’s in your genes”, “Molecules and metals in our lives”, “Chemical systems”, “Important redox reactions”, Useful organic molecules”, “Making use of energy change”, “Motion and car safety”, “Costs of switching on”, “Flight, transformation by steam”, “Astro physics”, “Fundamental particles”, “Medical physics”.
Grade 10 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Mathematics are measurement of spaces in different dimensions, circle geometry, linear programming, quadratic functions, sequences, probability, transformations,
Grade 10 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Finding you place”, “Music technology”, “In and out of Africa”, “An instrument and its repertoire”, “(Re)arranging”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Visual Arts are: “Color theory”, “Creative identity”, “Masks and tesla tangle”.
Grade 10 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Physical and health education are: “Body movement”, “Invasion games”, “Feeling fit”, “Starting out”.Grade 10 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Design are: “What are you looking at?”, “One-and two-point perspective”, “Elements of art and principals of design”, “Historical painting technique”, “Wire sculpture”.
Grade 7 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in Language Acquisition are: “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, ”Using language in spoken and written form”. See the entire curriculum in the trimestersGrade 7 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in Language & Literature in Arabic:Grade 7 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 7 students in Individuals & Society are to: “Use vocabulary in context”, “Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of subject-specific content and concepts”, ”Using descriptions, explanations and examples”, “Explain the choice of a research question”, “Follow an action plan to explore a research question”, “Collect and record relevant information consistent with the research question”, “Reflect on the process and results of the investigation”, ”Communicate information and ideas with clarity”, “Organize information and ideas effectively for the task”, “List sources of information in a way that follows the task instructions”, “Identify the main points of ideas, events, visual representation or arguments”, “Use information to justify an opinion”, “Identify and analyse a range of sources/data in terms of origin and identify different views and their implications”.
The curriculum evolves in these units: innovations, natural environment, life in the middle ages, exploration and global interactions, sustainable energy, globalization.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 7 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Science are forensic science, space: “What’s out there?”, ”Introducing cells”, “Healthy body systems”, “Making sense of elements and compounds”, “Mixing and separating”, “Useful energy”, “Floating, sinking and propulsion”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 7 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Mathematics are: “Rations and proportion”, “Probability, integers, algebraic, expression and equations”, “2D and 3D geometry”, “Univariate data, fractions, decimals, percentages and rates”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 7 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Music through time”, “Musical layers”, “Symphonic sounds” and “Rhythm is it”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Visual Arts are: “Color theory”, “Creative identity”, “Masks and tesla tangle”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 7 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Physical and health education are: “Body movement”, “Invasion games”, “Feeling fit”, “Starting out”.Grade 7 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Design are “Invention/innovation”, “Computer world”, “Introduction to computer science”, “Game development”, “Toys r us”, “Virtual home”, “Sports day”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 8 students in Language Acquisition are: “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, “Using language in spoken and written form”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 8 students in Language & Literature in ArabicGrade 8 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the curriculum evolves in these units: “How are societies organized?”, “What are the natural hazards and how do societies respond to them?”, “How can new technologies affect our identities and relationships”, “Where are all the people?”, “What is culture?”, “Why do societies experience revolutions?”
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Science evolve towards the objectives: “Knowing and understanding”, “Reflecting on science”, “Inquiry and designing, processing and evaluating”. The units are: “The sun and moon in our lives”, “Adaptations of organisms”, “Indigenous knowledge”, “Looking after ourselves”, “Using metals”, “Useful chemical reactions”, “Waves: light and sound and assistive technology”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Mathematics are: “Numbers”, “Triangles”, “Linear relationships”, “3D shapes”, “Bivariate data”, “Linear systems and geometric transformations”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Social astronomy, learn a music instrument”, “The language of music”, “From the gamelan to acid techno”, “Horror music”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Visual Arts are: “Social astronomy”, “Color theory”, “The heart of the city and street art”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 8 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Physical and health education are: body movement, invasion games, health and nutrition.
Grade 8 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 8 students in Design are: “Printed fashion”, “Coding world”, “Sailing boats” and “Sports day”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 9 students in Language Acquisition are to “Learn and practice new vocabulary”, “Answer factual, conceptual and debatable questions”, “Reading comprehension”, “View videos, take notes, browse an online photo exhibition gallery”, “Have discussions”, “Write questions (using starters)”, “Interview others”, “Use a dictionary to find definitions”, “Use a thesaurus to find synonyms”, “Write sentences”, “Create a word cloud”, “Give a short presentation”, “Research artists”, Describe pieces of visual art”, Respond to quotes”, “Write and respond to poetry”, “Listen to poetry”, “Write a blog”, “Evaluate sources” among many others objectives.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 9 students in Language & Literature in Arabic:
Grade 9 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units content for our Grade 9 students in Individuals & Society are: “Causality” (students will learn e.g. about causality though inquiry), “Conflict” (students will be introduced to e.g. the concept of conflict), “Development” (students will learn e.g. about a country’s level of development), “Choice” (students will for instance reflect and act on knowledge gained).
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Science are: “The world around us”, “Global diseases”, “Understanding matter”, “Body forms”, “Reproduction”, “DNA – The life molecule”, “Ions & our health”, “Light and sight” and “Making sense of electrical circuits”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Mathematics are: “2D, 3D & complex shapes measurement of spaces in different dimensions”, “Coordinate geometry”, “Linear functions”, “Quadratic relationships”, “Statistics”, “Exponential functions and line of best fit”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Arabesque, Music and Technology”, “Blues, Ensembles”, “Protest song”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters (Insert link PDF)
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 9 students in Visual Arts are: “One point perspective”, “Impressionism”, “Gesture and drawing”, “Frozen actions” (Gesture Sculpture).
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 9 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Physical and health education are: “Movement”, “Game design”, “Fitness”.
Grade 9 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 7 students in Design are “Space exploration”, “Coding”, “Business unit”, “3DPrinting masks”, “Inventions of the world”, “The legacy movement”, “The social experiment”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Language Acquisition
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in Language Acquisition are “Comprehending spoken and visual text”, “Comprehending written and visual text”, “Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text”, “Using language in spoken and written form”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Language & Literature
See the objectives on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in Language & Literature in Arabic:Grade 10 – Individuals & Society
Based on the IB MYP framework the units’ objective for our Grade 10 students in Individuals & Society have an interdisciplinary approach: disciplinary grounding, synthesis, communication, reflection. Units in this subject are: “Causality”, “Trade”, “Why individual form social groups?”, “Power”, “Sustainability”, “How has our perspective changed now?”
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Science
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Science are: “Coordinated body systems”, “Global diseases”, “Understanding matter” (periodic table), “It’s in your genes”, “Molecules and metals in our lives”, “Chemical systems”, “Important redox reactions”, Useful organic molecules”, “Making use of energy change”, “Motion and car safety”, “Costs of switching on”, “Flight, transformation by steam”, “Astro physics”, “Fundamental particles”, “Medical physics”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Mathematics
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Mathematics are measurement of spaces in different dimensions, circle geometry, linear programming, quadratic functions, sequences, probability, transformations,
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Arts
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Performing Arts (Music) are: “Finding you place”, “Music technology”, “In and out of Africa”, “An instrument and its repertoire”, “(Re)arranging”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Visual Arts are: “Color theory”, “Creative identity”, “Masks and tesla tangle”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters
Grade 10 – Physical and health education
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Physical and health education are: “Body movement”, “Invasion games”, “Feeling fit”, “Starting out”.Grade 10 – Design
Based on the IB MYP framework the units for our Grade 10 students in Design are: “What are you looking at?”, “One-and two-point perspective”, “Elements of art and principals of design”, “Historical painting technique”, “Wire sculpture”.
See the entire curriculum in the trimesters