Research Issue: Lesson1-5

Over the next five lessons, students craft a specific problem statement for a personally meaningful issue that needs attention in their community

Lesson 1 45 minutes

Students generate their own ideas of problems they want to solve in their community/world.


OBJECTIVES: students will:

    • Reflect on issues you see in the world

  • Generate 1-5 post-its on issues and problems you see in the world

  • Crowd source ideas to a class poster board

  • Categorize ideas into similar threads.

  • What patterns emerge? What is this group of students concerned about?

  • Have students congregate with others who are interested in a similar topic.

Lesson 2 45 minutes

Students learn about the UN Global Goals


OBJECTIVES: students will:

    • Explore UN Global Goals

Lesson 3 20 minutes

Students who finish early should continue to research their problem.

Students see examples of others work


OBJECTIVES: students will:

    • Get inspired.

Watch slides and write out answers. (better for groups)

or

digitally answer questions. ( better for individual google classroom)

Lesson 4 45 minutes

Students map align their issue with UN Goal

OBJECTIVES: students will:

    • Align issue to a UN GOAL :

    • Refine issue to one specific topic:

Review Lesson1 poster, to remind students of initial ideas.
Students fill in "Map Issue" printout, to:

  • align their ideas with a UN GOAL,

  • research their issue at the global, national and community level.

  • write a specific problem statement which is a subset of their idea

Lesson 5 45 minutes

OBJECTIVES: students will:

    • Create a specific problem statement.

Standards

CSTA P1.2-: Evaluate the way computing impacts personal ethical social economic and cultural practices