Youth Club Paintball
On Friday afternoon, Youth Club hopped up the road to Guoxin Stadium, donned helmets and combat fatigues, and shot brightly colored little balls at each other! Needless to say, a good time was had by all – not only does paintball present an opportunity to bond through team play, it’s a lot of fun! The […]
Grades 3/4 Visit Water Treatment Plant
In their current unit of inquiry, Grades 3/4 are looking at how natural materials are changed through society’s use, and the implication those changes can have for us and for the environment as a whole. Last Wednesday, they took a trip to a water treatment facility near Qingdao train station, to see how sewage can […]
Grade 2 at the Zoo
Second graders are inquiring into the ways animals and plants adapt to their habitat for their current unit of inquiry. Students got up close to observe animals at the Huangdao Wildlife Zoo. This experience reinforced what students have been learning about animal classification and the characteristics they have to adapt to their environment. Taking learning […]
AP Environmental Science and Grades 5/6 visit Solar Farm
On Tuesday, February 18th, QAIS students got to see renewable energy taking on global challenges, as they visited the NESI Solar Farm in Jimo district. The QAIS delegation included 12th graders in the AP Environmental Science class, with teacher Mark Brierley, and Grades 5/6 with teacher Emily Hurd. All of the electricity used in the […]
Murals Taking Shape!
UPDATE March 14th – The mural is nearing completion, and it is awesome! 2nd graders have begun painting their mural in the 5th floor hallway. They are creating a mural in the style of Keith Haring to demonstrate their understanding of the IB Learner Profile. 5th graders have finished designing their ceramic mural, and are […]
Valentine’s Garden of Appreciation
At QAIS, love is at the center of everything we do. With Valentine’s Day last week, we took the opportunity to work on how we can express love for one another. During the week, every student from Grade 1-12 writing notes of acknowledgement for friends, classmates, teachers, and parents, writing their notes on large ‘petals’. […]
Children’s House New Years Fair!
Before the holiday, the Montessori Children’s House at QAIS celebrated the season with a Temple Fair for our families! We made (and ate!) dumplings. We munched on caramel art. We made fish. We did paper cuttings. We finger-painted. We sipped tea. We watched a calligraphy master. We enjoyed snacks. All in all, we had a […]
Grade 2 – Signs and Symbols
What an exciting unit! Activities in our Signs and Symbols unit included making signs for our classroom; making masks that symbolize who we are; writing letters to Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan; creating our own ‘secret’ language, and much more! Our unit celebration on Tuesday was an opportunity to share our journey with our parents, […]
Grade 3-4 – Production, Supply, and Demand
Our unit took us to Thumb Plaza as we explored how goods and services are produced and supplied. Our summative activity was holding a market at lunch in the cafeteria, which was attended by the whole school! Students worked in pairs to develop, produce, and market their product. The whole class made a profit of […]
Grades 5-6 – Communicating in a Digital World
Our central idea in this unit was that ‘Digital media changes the way that we access information and connect with each other.’ We held an open house on Friday, January 24th to share our inquiry with parents and classmates. [slideshow_deploy id=’1834′]
