As we discussed in our last post, the nature of Target 9 is focused on providing more opportunities for students to make connections between multiple disciplines.

As we seek to provide examples of how this happening at WAB under FLoW21, we will follow the same format we used in our explanation to provide examples of how these apply in each of the IB's Programmes.

PYP: Our Kindergarten students are preparing for their annual KG Fair. Students investigate, produce, market, and sell different products. The process requires students to apply skills from different disciplines, such as:

• Math: How to make change for currency (addition & subtraction)
• Literacy: Interview skills for market research
• Art: Creating advertisement materials, like posters
• Social studies: Recognizing some communities have more than others and donating their earnings
• Science: Creating products, experimenting with recipes

MYP: In the MYP, there is a requirement that students are working on and assessed in multiple disciplines under a single theme/context. For example, in English class students read and study Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, while in drama class they used what they learned to create a production, incorporating stage character development and drama techniques.

DP: One project that highlighted cross-disciplinary learning in the DP was a project to study twins through the lenses of both biology and psychology.

Multiple pathways to graduation are currently available at WAB. One aim of Target 9 is to ensure students learn across disciplines both within and outside of the DP – potentially in more customized and innovative programs. These alternative pathways, such as WAB's Capstone Program, may offer more ways in which students can incorporate several subjects into a larger learning experience. For example, a film student may collaborate with a music student, design student, and a student in the Capstone Program studying animation to complete a single project.