Gord Weeks, Simon Fraser
This project involved inviting all
of our grade 9 students to design a product or service with an environmental
theme which they were to develop with a
small group of fellow students from their homeroom. The project culminated with presentations in
each homeroom after about 3 weeks of school with each group presenting their
idea to their classmates and homeroom teacher.
The top 2 presentations in each homeroom won the chance to pitch their
idea to an assembled panel of judges in an “Environmental Dragon’s Den”. Students were given 1 core period per day and
1 option period to work on this project.
Our work on this project changed my perspective
on cross-disciplinary opportunities for students because I saw that students’
level of engagement was much higher than I expected. I liked the fact that, because students had
more choice in what they learned, they spent more time and effort than we had
expected, and they had deeper learning about their chosen topic than they
would have gained from a textbook or a
single lesson on that topic.
Gord shared a podcast he created to reflect on the project. You can listen here. (Make sure you are logged into your educbe Google account.)
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