International Baccalaureate
Give your next inquiry a clear purpose. Choose a programme and bring your subject, class context and learning goal to PLAI™.
Start with an idea, then check the age range, learning goal and subject content against the curriculum or programme your class follows.
Choose a task, inspect the source and decide what pupils should explain for themselves.
Count the fictional bird tallies, draw a bar chart with one square for two birds and explain a pattern.
Answer a question from the chart, then plan a safe real observation with adult guidance.
Try the teaching idea, then explore the full activity.
Bring your unit of inquiry and a question children can investigate.
Help me plan a PYP inquiry starter for [unit]. Ask for the learners’ age, prior understanding and learning goal. Include an observation, a question and a reflection.
Connect a subject question with evidence learners can discuss.
Help me plan an MYP discussion on [topic]. Ask for my subject, year group and learning goal. Include two perspectives, a source I supply and a question that asks learners to justify their interpretation.
Focus a subject discussion on the limits of a claim.
Help me plan a DP subject discussion on [topic]. Ask for my course, learning goal and source material. Include an evidence-based argument and a counterargument. Use only assessment guidance I supply.
Connect a teaching task with a practical situation you supply.
Help me plan a CP teaching task about [workplace situation]. Ask for my course and learning goal. Give learners a decision to explain using evidence, including an ethical consideration and a reflection.
Explore tasks relevant to this teaching context. Check the learning goal and the programme version your class follows.
Languages and literacy
Plan a multi-paragraph essay that compares how two fictional reports frame the same school travel proposal for different readers.
Art and design
Evaluate how an artwork developed, identify a technique or decision that worked, and plan a specific next step.
Art and design
Test watercolour and pencil techniques, describe the effects observed and choose techniques for particular visual purposes.
Maths
Represent relationships in word problems with bar models, write linked number sentences and check a solution with units.
Languages and literacy
Create a book recommendation that gives identifying details, a personal response and a reason a friend might enjoy the book.
Languages and literacy
Record reading, support an opinion with a reason and recommend books to an audience.
Maths
Pupils should convert all six tallies to frequencies, draw bars at two birds per square and answer comparison questions using the chart. They should also specify where, when and for how long a proposed survey would run.
Languages and literacy
Read words containing ai and ee, follow a short illustrated story and answer questions by referring back to the text.
Maths
Represent fractions visually, recognise equivalent fractions, compare values and find a fraction of an amount.
Languages and literacy
Identify four sentence types and use suitable end punctuation in a set of examples and original sentences.
Science
Record predictions and observations for eight familiar objects, compare plasticine in two shapes and use the results to write a conclusion.
Science
Use an inquiry chart to connect prior ideas, questions and information learned from a short text.
Study and learning skills
Reflect on interview responses and choose one specific strength and a manageable next step.
Languages and literacy
Plan and write a short narrative with an ordered beginning, build-up, problem, resolution and ending, using sentence punctuation and selected descriptive vocabulary.
Languages and literacy
Identify common non-fiction text features, explain their purpose for a reader, and retrieve stated facts efficiently by skimming and scanning.
Maths
Represent three-digit numbers in hundreds, tens and ones, partition them and calculate addition or subtraction in columns, exchanging when required.
Science
Represent a process in order, explain each step in their own words and show where a cycle returns or repeats.
Maths
Explain a mathematical claim using an example, representation or calculation, then listen to a partner’s reasoning, compare approaches and explain why.
Study and learning skills
Write a focused, researchable and measurable question; plan primary methods with consent and anonymity in mind; judge sources; take notes in pupils’ own words; and propose an evidence-linked action.
Science
Use two or more values with units to support a claim, connect a pattern to a science idea and judge how strong the evidence is.
Science
Classify changes and types of substance using the definitions on the mats, then give a reason for each classification.
Study and learning skills
Evaluate what fictional notices state, what their publication details support and which claims require current verification before sharing.
Languages and literacy
Identify characters and setting, sequence key events and retell a story in your own words using time-joining words.
Wellbeing and personal development
Use examples to describe strengths, select important values, compare three possible pathways and plan dated next steps or questions.
Maths
Round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred and explain which digit or position determines the result.
Science
Connect each plant-cell term to its job and use accurate vocabulary in a short explanation.
Languages and literacy
Use a staged checklist and agreed editing marks to identify possible changes in punctuation, grammar, cohesion and vocabulary, then give feedback about the writing rather than the writer.
Languages and literacy
Retell two story moments and use the character’s actions to describe how a choice changes after a problem appears.
6 templates shown
Add the context that matters, keep the learning goal clear and check the new draft before sharing it.
Birds at our bird feeder: collect and graph data
Copy your brief into PLAI™, then review the draft for your class.
Start with one learning goal and shape the support around your class.
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