Selection of American K-12 Outstanding Chinese Works (May 2020)

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About the Student
Eddie () is a first-grade student in the
Chinese Language Immersion Track of an IB
International School. Coming from an
English-speaking family, Eddie only learned
Chinese at school. It is the first year that
Eddie learned Chinese pinyin and characters.
Attached is his drawing and writing about his
biomimicry invention of the Science project
assigned during remote learning due to
Covid-19.
Assignment Guidelines (Instructor:
Melody Chang)
This project is part of the IB (PYP) Inquiry
Unit “Where we are in place and time.” After
exploring some knowledge about biomimicry
(imitation from Nature), this project “CREATE
YOUR OWN INVENTION” is for the student
to use inspiration from Nature to invent
something cool.
The content has to include:
1. Knowledge you have learned from Nature
(1) Pick one thing from Nature
(2) What is its cool trait?
(3) What is the cool trait used for?
2. Problem-Solving
A problem you would like to solve or something you have wished for
3. Biomimicry (Imitation from Nature)
How can the cool trait be used in your cool invention?
4. Cool Invention
Show and explain how cool your invention is!