A performance task is a learning activity that involves demonstrating their knowledge, using particular skills to complete a project, creating meaningful and purposeful products. In this curriculum, the performance tasks are three research projects. Students will pick a topic of their interest, research information through different types of media (i.e. websites, newspapers and books), create PowerPoint slides and present an argument on how to prevent damage. Guidelines are provided for each project for students to stay on track in completing them. Presentation rubrics are included in the guidelines. Feel free to make any adjustments or print the guidelines.

1) Climate Change Project (Guidelines document)

• This research project focuses on the overview of climate change including melting cap, trash pollution, bushfire, deforestation, global warming, and protest. Students will choose a topic and research its cause and effect and timeline showing the history of damages.

• This project is expected to be completed within a period of 2-3 days by the end of Lesson 1.

2) Research Project - Micro (Pollution & Deforestation) (Guidelines document)

• This research project focuses on how humans impact the immediate environment, such as trash pollution and deforestation. Students will choose a topic and research its human activity, cause and effect, create interview questions, collect data, include solutions, and cite sources.

• This project is expected to be completed in a week by the end of Unit 1.

3) Research Project - Macro (Ice melting, fires, flooding) (Guidelines document)

• This research project focuses on how the damage done is harming us, animals and the planet as a result influencing the climate with melting caps, bushfires, flooding and global warming. Students will choose a topic and research its cause and effect, collect and interpret data, summarize results, provide solutions, cite sources and create a call to action plan.

• This project is expected to be completed in a week by the end of Unit 2.