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IB Key Concepts

The concepts that are central to the curriculum are presented in the form of key questions. It is these questions, used flexibly by teachers and students when planning an inquiry-based unit, that shape that unit, giving it direction and purpose. It is in this sense that the key questions, and the concepts to which they relate, are said to drive the PYP curriculum. PYP key concepts and related questions include:

Key Concept: Change

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The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.