WEEK 4
LESSON 7 AND 8
Students will understand:
- Â Â environmental sustainability initiatives must be adapted based on new information
-Â different sources of information have different biases to consider
Idea Feasibility
Students will continue to investigate the feasibility of their idea, including by developing a prototype of their idea. Based on their investigation, they will tweak their design.
Teachers will ask students to consider where they are getting their sources of information from and ask them to evaluate how they know it is a reliable source.
Assessment
Formative: ongoing informal observation, weekly student-teacher conferencing, self assessment against rubric
Curricular Outcomes:
*Curricular outcome may be present dependent on project chosen and may include:
Program of Studies Connections
Science:
Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge
Grade 7 A.1, A.4, *C.4, *D.4; Grade 8 *D.4, *E.4; Grade 9 *A.4, *C.3, *D.3
Skills Outcomes: Analyzing and Interpreting and Communication and Teamwork
Attitude Outcomes: Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry
English
General Outcomes: Grade 7 & 8 - similar outcomes as associated with Grade 9
3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3
Social Studies:
Values and Attitudes & Knowledge and Understandings:
Grade 7 7.1.2, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, *7.2.7; Grade 8: 8.2.2; Grade 9 9.1.3, *9.2, *9.2.5
Grade 7 -9 Dimensions of Thinking:
S.1, S.4. S.7