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Element

Fire

Sense

Sight

Ability

Agility

Virtue

Grace

Capital

Material

Wellness

Occupational

DP Area of Knowledge

Ethics

MYP Subject

Design

PYP Key Concept

Causation

Voice Part

Soprano I

Garu Egg Question

"What substance hides within the heart of every flame?"

Kalas (Traditional Arts)

Citra-yoga (painting)Viseshakacchedya vidya (cosmetics)Pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa (weapons)Kriya-vikalpa (remedies)

Crystal Cycle Steps

CRAFT

Create by hand — write, build, draw, cook. Raw becomes refined.

5 Roads of Fire

Fire Outer Ring

Beginning exploration, first contact with the element. In the Fire realm.

Fire Ascending Path

Growth and expansion, reaching upward. In the Fire realm.

Fire Descending Path

Depth and introspection, going inward. In the Fire realm.

Fire Upper Diagonal

Synthesis with neighboring elements above. In the Fire realm.

Fire Lower Diagonal

Integration with neighboring elements below. In the Fire realm.

Research Study

Indigenous Craft Pedagogies: Cooking, Making, and Trading as Education

D4 Fire/Sight/Agility — TEK8 Learning Lotus Petal Study

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Comprehensive study of traditional cooking, craft-making, and trading as educational frameworks — covering Indigenous food revitalization (Sean Sherman, Mariah Gladstone), ethnomathematics in basket weaving and beadwork (Eglash, D'Ambrosio), fire stewardship, and maker education grounded in cultural traditions.

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