CAS Interdisciplinary Subject Links

The following identifies types of CAS experiences for each subject group. You might want to mention the link to the particular subject / group in your reflections.

Group 1: Language A: (Studies in Language and Literature)

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Produce audio books for an organisation servicing the blind

• Write articles about IB or CAS for the school paper (The Update)

• Raise awareness about issues in literature

• Teach younger students how to debate

• Write a movie/play script or make a movie/play

Group 2: Language B (Language Acquisition)

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Develop a pen pal network

• Provide language lessons for those in need

• Develop language guides using technology

• Write articles/blog on the culture of the language being studied

Group 3: Individuals and Societies

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Create displays and plan an assembly on history, particularly in the area around the school

• Record the oral histories of the old people living in the community nursing home.

• Raise awareness of recycling at the school

• Map resources in the local area, such as recycling centers, youth organisations or social enterprises, and initiate CAS experiences that extend and support these resources

• Work with local initiatives that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Arrange a simulation, a game or a school debate addressing local or global political issues for other students.

• Investigate ways of contributing to strengthening peace and peaceful behaviors in and outside of school

• Raise awareness of human rights through international and local organizations.

• Support asylum seekers and migrants in integration in the culture and community.

• Create a social enterprise addressing a community need.

• Initiate a campaign that replaces bullying with respect for all within the school

• Build a garden for those in need.

Group 4: Sciences

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Form an Astronomy Club and encourage primary students to join and become more aware of the universe

• Raise awareness after testing the quality of the local water

• Raise awareness by monitoring air quality around the school

• Create and maintain the Eco garden on campus

• Advocate healthy eating habits for younger students

• Form a recycling club at school

• Form a club to promote awareness of global environmental issues

• Help measure fitness of athletes in school sports teams

• Promote participation in physical exercise, for example, “walk to school” groups

Group 5: Mathematics

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Maintain financial accounts for a local charity

• Run and/or participate in Pi Day

• Assist a sports club or team with pre and post fitness assessment statistical analysis

• Host a math “event” for younger students and/or their parents

• Learn how to file tax returns

• Design and paint a mural or display board celebrating maths through the ages

• Plan a maths scavenger hunt at school to reveal all the place math is part of everyday life

Group 6: The Arts

CAS experiences that could be derived from this subject group:

• Create artworks to donate to hospitals, aged-care facilities, refugee centers

• Create performances for local schools or aged-care facilities with an educational message, for example, how to better protect the environment

• Compete in external theater competitions

• Create a mural for a children’s hospital or community center

• Collaborate with NGOs to design posters for their causes or special events

• Volunteer with a local theater group

• Establish a virtual online exhibition to exchange student artwork with other schools around the world

• Film theater and sports events

• Organize a photo exhibition

• Perform to raise funds for charities

• Produce an infomercial for an NGO

• Take dance lessons that lead to a performance