ESH452+Group+34+Assess+3

 ​ Hi Cass, Josh and Cassandra, Thought I'd add this wiki so that we can sort our thoughts out from our discussions. Cass has kindly made notes from the discussion that she and I had on Friday. 28/09/09 = = **//__ Group 34 notes Assessment 3 __//** Taken by Cassandra Cook
 * //__ Notes from chat between Lilian Moore and Cassandra Cook on Friday 25/9/09 __//**
 * Need a lesson plan template. Can refer to that which was used in Teacher as a Planner Unit (see attached that is the one I have used previously).


 * Decide on student cohort – grade 3-4.


 * Decide on topic and/or focus question/s.


 * We decided on packaging and its effects on the environment as it is relevant to students day to day.


 * Focus Questions: Packaging impacts on our environment. How does packaging impact on our environment? How or in what ways can we reduce these impacts?


 * Possible Cross Curricula Areas to be covered: Science; ICT; Literacy; Maths; Civics and Citizenship.


 * Plan sequence of 4 lessons. These should cover researching information, collating and supporting information and applying and presenting information possibly by way of a power point presentation, word cloud or wiki.


 * A wiki could be used for sharing information, ideas and ways to present that information as well as for reflection.


 * Evaluation or collaborative work may form part of the criteria.


 * Let students research, weed out information and offer a variety of ways that information can be presented. Let students choose their method of communicating information.

This lesson may look at investigating types of packaging e.g.: paper, plastic, polystyrene, reusable containers, and how these types of packaging effect the environment e.g.: are they reusable, recyclable or waste. Results of packaging types may be collated in a graph form using excel or the like covering the Maths area of curriculum. This lesson may investigate ways to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging. It may involve a task that investigates the types of packaging within students’ lunchboxes and how those packaging effect the environment e.g.: are they reusable, recyclable or waste. Again we should provide the students with a variety of ways to present this information. Curriculum areas covered in this lesson include Science, Maths and ICT.
 * Possible lesson sequence as follows:
 * //__Lesson 1: Tuning in__//**
 * //__Lesson 2__//**

This lesson may look at identifying ways in which students may personally contribute to reducing waste packaging and sustaining the environment. It may involve developing a class or whole school compost or recycling implantation or recommendation. Curriculum areas covered in this lesson include Science and Civics and Citizenship.
 * //__Lesson 3__//**

A learning resource that may be used here is a game from the Learning Federation (which I evaluated in assessment 2) called Why Recycle? []

Sorry Lil didn’t get anything down for this one I think it was something about sharing and presenting information.​ Cass, I think the last lesson was presentation of the results via powerpoint, photo story, peer evaluation and collaboration on wiki and maybe a class blog to share with the school?
 * //__Lesson 4__//**

28/09/09 Hi Cass, i've had a look at some sites and noted the following: Students could research Resource Smart [|www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/for] [|households/index.html] Go to educators. Lots of ideas there. Packaging can be found under the business heading. Go to Reduce reuse. Click on educators then waste and recycling Another site mwmg (Metropolitan waste management group) [|www.mwmg.vic.gov.au] go to schools then resources ​How to reduce reuse and recycle waste at school. Links to other sites such as Ceres Enviroment Park, Department of Education, Fills World, Gould Group, Keep Australia Beautiful, Ollie Recycles , Rethink waste Visy Recycling, and lots of fact sheets. The Learning Federation has a resource or 2 that we could use. Cass has already suggested Why Recycle? (L32). I found another resource called Your rubbish pile (L1031) It is aimed at years 4 to 6 I think it's worth a look. Ollie recycles on [|www.olliesworld.com.recycle/index.html] Hope this info is not too random. Did lots of research yesterday. I'll put this info into a plan so we can see what it looks like. Don't forget Chat at 7.30 tonight. Lil 28/9/09 Hi Lil I have had a look at a couple of your suggestions and they look great. I have also viewed the powerpoint presentations that Sharon provided on MyLO in relation to this assessment and am now a little clearer. I don't think that we were to far off the mark with our intial thoughts though. I think that during tonights chat we should refine our inquiry question and description of the student cohort befoe going on to look at our lesson sequence. I have a few ideas about what to do and where to go but will talk to you about them tonight. Chat then Cass

Hi everyone This wiki is fantastic. I have just been throught the presentations by Sharon and have a much better understanding about the task. Although a little worried about assignment 2! I did that assignment on the effects that we have on the environment thorugh creating a vegetable garden, urban development and recycling newspaper by choosing 3 resources from Scootle. They were aimed at grade 1 - 2 though but there also seemed to be some excellent resources there for grades 3-4. I pretty certain i looked at that Why Recycle one too. I think using an environmental, sustainable nature for the lessons is great becasue we can choose some resources that can enhance learning and then we can act upon this in the classroom. It allows heaps of activities to be done in and out of the classroom that explore the issue and students will enjoy. Josh

Glad you are here Josh. It seems as though you are on the same page as us. Don't stress about assignment 2 just focus on number 3 for now. We have another wiki called esh452assess3group34 where we have added lots more information. Check it out and see what you think. Look forward to chatting soon. Cheers Cass 30/9/09