Teaching Unit
Driving Question:
How can we engage our community to value biodiversity in our local environment?
Organisation:
At the end of this Project Based Learning unit, teams present a final product (which is a solution to the driving question) by addressing the following points:
Find three to five examples of biodiversity in your home/neighbourhood/community/local area.
Discuss why your community should value biodiversity.
List steps your community can take to engage (or further engage) with the environment.
Present findings demonstrating an innovative idea/concept/product that will engage the community to value biodiversity in their local area.
The Student Teams' final product ideas/concepts can then be displayed on A CLASS WEBSITE (each student group will have a tab on the website) of activities designed to engage their community to value biodiversity in our local environment.
The final product may be submitted in any form that suits the student team and then displayed on the class website.
Possible products that teams could conceptualise or make to answer the driving question could include but are not limited to; apps, infographics, nature journals for their school/community, innovative activities, and a television or radio infomercial designed to educate the community on the importance of engaging/connecting to nature.
Formats used to present ideas could include but are not limited to; movies, original songs, artwork, infographics, storybooks, digital storytelling, cartoon strips and comic books.
Do not limit student thinking by our fear of not knowing everything, but rather allow your students to be creative with their ideas.
This project is designed to encourage our students to be content creators rather than simply content consumers.
13 Lessons
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Outcomes
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Student Collaboration
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