Ready? Here’s help…

We’re supposed to introduce our essential question Monday. Are you ready? Do you have a hook?

You may not have all the answers now about a Carbon Footpint, but the woman that helps me with the Environmental Science Club works with the National Marine Institute. I spoke with her today about guest speakers. She is excited about getting more NMI people to come in and teach your classes. Kids respond very well to guests because its special.

If anyone wants a guest speaker, reply to me somewhere in this world (virtually or real-ly). We’ll get someone scheduled in. Not next week, but possible the week after.

Repost: Prompt Questions

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These are prompt questions to initiate thinking about the project:
What does this make you think of?
In what ways are these different?
In what ways are these the same?
What materials did you use?
What would happen if you …
What might you try instead?
Tell me about your …?
What does it look like?
What does it remind you of?
What does it feel like?
What can you do next time?
What can you tell me about it?
Tell me what happened.
What could you do instead?
Which one do you have more of?
Is one object longer/shorter than another?
What do you call the things you are using?
What can you tell me about the things you have?
Tell me what it looks like.
How are you going to do that?
What do you feel, see, hear, taste, smell?
How did you do that?
What will you do next after you finish that?
Is there anything else you could do/use?
How do you know?
What are some different things you could try?
What is it made of?
Show me what you could do with it?

Mt. Pompano

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Our Theme for this year’s Glides Project is How can we reduce the ecological footprints of our school in order to preserve our natural resources.

Our teachers are already planning some wonderful learning experiences by using a project based learning approach. some of the ideas forthcoming are the building of models that will demonstrate the use of energy efficient equipment. Another idea is looking at the nearby landfill known as Mt. Pompano.  Surveys will help the students understand how and what the community knows and understands about their ecological footprints. Another great idea is establishing a cultural exchange with a foreign country to understand now they are handling their ecological footprint.