Questions
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What is your favourite thing about nature? Can you imagine if it disappeared?
Close your eyes. Ca…
What is your favourite thing about nature? Can you imagine if it disappeared?
Close your eyes. Can you imagine a world without beauty and animals?
Why is it important to recycle?
What does renewable mean?
How could you reuse items in your house?
What does non-renewable mean?
Why do we need forests?
Why do we need plants?
Why do we need animals?
How important is water?
What would happen if our earth ran out of water?
How much water do we use in one day?
How much energy do we use in one day?
Do you buy things that you don't need?
What are your needs? What are your wants?
Do you recycle? What do you recycle? Why do you recycle?
Where do we get our resources from?
Why is Canada special to you?
How can we make sure Canada has a promising future?
What everyday changes could you make to better our environment?
Can one person make a difference? Where do we start?
Why is it important to sustain Canada's environment?
What kind of resources do we have in Canada?
Rationale
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The reason I chose This Outcome and How it Will Benefit My Learners
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The reason I chose This Outcome and How it Will Benefit My Learners
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like to take.Theretake. Sustaining our environment is very important and it is best to teach children at a young age about these issues so that they care about them and can act as environmentally resposible citizens. There is more
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teaching a unit.Thereunit; it must be integrated throughout the curriculum and practices must be modeled to the students. There are many
Lesson 2
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... Before the film is shown we will talk a little about what each of these categories mean.
The…
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Before the film is shown we will talk a little about what each of these categories mean.
The film that will be shown is a documentary by Dr. David Suzuki called “Suzuki Speaks”. It is a video about our planet, environment, what people are doing to this place we call “home” and sustainability.
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powerful video. Hopefully this will allow the information to sink in and help them make connections to thier own lives. To end
Assessment Tool (of/as/for learning) Data Collection Sheet
Film: “Suzuki Speaks”
Lesson 2
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... “Suzuki Speaks” video, sticky notes with sustainable and non-sustainable actions on them, data…
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“Suzuki Speaks” video, sticky notes with sustainable and non-sustainable actions on them, data collection sheets
Presentation:
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sustainable action (composting)(e.g. composting) on it
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on it (littering).(e.g. littering). The groups
Development: The teacher will then tell the students “Our Earth is changing in mysterious ways. Today you will be an investigator. You must watch this film carefully and record any information you think could answer the question of why our Earth is changing so rapidly”. Each student will be given a data collection sheet. On their data collection sheets there will be categories that they will have to record data on such as:
Examples of renewable resources shown in the film?
Lesson 2
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... c) List the possible consequences of non-sustainable practices related to the use of resources…
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c) List the possible consequences of non-sustainable practices related to the use of resources (e.g. lack of resources for future generations, endangered species, global warming)
Assessment: (as, of, for)
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sheets of:
Renewable Renewable resources shown
Non-renewable resources shown in the film? Current non-sustainable practices shown in the film?
Possible consequences of non-sustainable practices shown in the film?
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their discussion?
The information in thier quick-write would also be used as assessment.
Adaptive Dimension: To make this lesson easier you could omit some of the questions on the data collection sheets and focus on one thing. You could also include more discussion and omit the quick-write at the end. To make this activity more difficult you could add more questions to the data collection sheet.
Lesson Preparation
