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Research, Design, Build, and Community Engagement
Lesson Plan, Assessment Guides, and Student Worksheets
Introduction
Introduction
Now more than ever, teachers must create opportunities for students to develop awareness, build community, and seek solutions for a greener earth.
One way to achieve this is to connect scientific innovation with community engagement. This website provides teachers with a comprehensive lesson plan for a three-part Final Culminating Task. Assessment Guides and Student Workbook are also included.
To really drive the real-world connection, the Culminating Task is especially designed to inspire community participation. Students are not only challenged to research and build innovative and useful electrical devices, the emphasis is to garner community support towards sustainable electricity generation and use. This is a fantastic way to prepare students as custodians of our future planet!
Three-Part Culminating Task
Three-Part Culminating Task
Students conduct research to determine how Canada ranks compared to other countries of the world in terms of electricity generation and use.
Through free inquiry, students are asked to design and build an electrical device that generates electricity using sustainable/renewable resources.
PART III: Community Engagement Through Philanthropy
Students present their devices in a class gallery walk and at the school’s Science Charity Auction to generate funds for a local green charity.
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Prior Knowledge Requirements: To tackle this Final Culminating Task, students will have already built a solid understanding of why we need electricity and sustainable methods of its generation, discovered the behaviour of static and current electricity, explored how organic matter can be transformed into electrical energy, and experimented with converting wind to electrical energy using a wind turbine. This prior knowledge will help students navigate this three-part culminating task.
About the Author
About the Author
Ms. Thea is a Teacher Candidate at York University. Building engaging STEAM materials is her "jam".
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