Environmental Science
The following projects were created by UTeach PBI students following content guidelines of either the second or fifth 6th weeks of the Austin Independent School District's scope and sequence.
***Pollution Solution:
This project-based instruction (PBI) unit is meant to bring environmental awareness to students through the study of statistics. The unit is designed to last 5 weeks. With this unit, students examine anthropogenic factors that lead to increased carbon emissions. They then mathematically model projected carbon emissions if the current population growth rate continues through the study of statistics. They will employ statistics to analyze and infer from data both collected by and provided for them.
https://sites.google.com/a/utexas.edu/pbipollutionsolution/
***What fuel source is best for homes in our community?
Students will explore the vast complexity of an issue as big as climate change. Students ultimately scale the issue down to investigate the personal and individualized impacts for each student's residential community in a realistic and meaningful way.