Going Green Peer Education
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Unit:STAR Program Going Green (Note: This is a rough framework for a brainstorm/project session, just to get ideas down. The ultimate lesson may take on any number of different courses as students engage)
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Online Resources:
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Learning objectives: Students will discuss how to educate their peers about turning the trend of "going green" into real-life applications
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Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes: What does it mean to "go green"? Why should people - especially kids - be interested in going green? What are different ways we can educate our peers about issues of importance to the environment? The same considerations in our engineering Robot Dog project must be invested in the process of creating something simpler, like posters. How do we apply the design process to a poster project?
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Stage 1:
Reading/Perusal:
Brainstorm 1: This could be done as a full class or in small groups, with students presenting their responses to the group after discussion What does it mean to "go green"? Why should people - especially kids - be interested in going green? What are different ways we can educate our peers about issues of importance to the environment? How can we educate our peers in a way that's simple, yet powerful? How can we spread the news of tips and ideas for people of our own age group?
Brainstorm 2: Future ideas & spreading information After a discussion of ways to educate peers, talk about what ways are easiest, simplest, most feasible at school? How can we begin to "break the ice" and even draw people's attention to going green? Mark ideas that students had that could be saved for a future session (like workshops, classes, etc.) and check off ideas that students could do immediately (like making posters, writing articles for the school newspaper, etc.) (Likely, students will come up with a variety of ideas. If not, they can be probed by thinking about where their peers might look for information, how they can spread information, etc. Remind students to think about the process of educating their peers. At this point, their goals should be to create visibility of the STAR Program's mission and catch people's attention about "Going Green"!)
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Stage 2: Create a plan for enacting the ideas that students come up with. Going Green with posters is a simple one that they can work on on the spot. However, they should think about the following questions, and perhaps brainstorm answers, create teams to work on various aspects, do research, design their posters, etc. These questions can be adapted differently if the kids come up with an alternate idea of "spreading the word." - Which issues are most important to kids? Why? - Which issues are not so important to kids at our school? - What kinds of ideas might catch people's eye on a print resource? (statistics, pictures, large words) - Where do we place posters to catch people's eye? - What common thread might the posters have? (a slogan, catch-phrase, etc.) - Should there be a common design or layout? - How can we educate people in a way that's simple, yet powerful?
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Stage 3: Create a collaborative plan for working on these posters - perhaps by separating into groups, choosing issues, deciding to use different methods, etc. Have fun with the process of design in a simple way! The links listed above are useful places for students to find information! |
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Assessments: (attach/link copies) __ Group assessment __ Observation of process/student work __ Self-assessment by student __ Teacher generated assignment __ Written project __ Test/Quiz __ Other: ____________________________________ |
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