Project Is Sustainability Based Learning Environment

TCHE 2329 Integrated studies Semester 2, 2015 Assessment task 3 Asli Yilmaz S3332218 Dear Richard, I have had time to analysis your grade six class and have a recommendation with a ‘big idea’ that you can apply to your problem based learning environment. My big ideas thoughts throughout this unit are that every organism and every system goes through different stages, actions have effects beyond immediate reactions and a state of balance. I have come up with a concept ‘Growth plan’. Students are to design a sustainable garden bed in their schoolyard to grow fruit or vegetables. Students are to investigate and explore different resources they can use, different plants, different environments and different circumstances to be†¦show more content†¦Students are required to do research on what recycled resources they need in order to build this garden bed (needs to include the wood for the fence – must be recycled, props to keep the birds away etc. A form of assessment for this project is reports given back by a different student in the group to the whole class of how their team is progressing and what steps they are taking to make this project sustainable and environmentally friendly. Students are also to make journal entries after each lesson and reflect on their learning and how their project is proceeding. I have decided this project will be suitable for your class because by reading the student’s profiles I was able to establish that students enjoy working in groups and care deeply about the environment and enjoy doing different activities based on the environment and sustainable living. Throughout this project will learn the different types of at home resources they can use in order to build an environmentally friendly environment, students will gain knowledge about how to protect their fruit and vegetables, what types of problems they can face during this process and how important communication is with their peers in order for this project to come alive. Students will gain knowledge on how to solve problems w ith less information using prior