21st Century Skills: This yearlong inquire growing project promotes learning through collaborative problem solving, self-direction and responsibility. The project is interdisciplinary in core subjects by its nature, as it requires the comprehension and application of science and math concepts, as well as communication of ideas. Students will enhance their knowledge of technology through data collection and reporting their findings. In collaborative teams, students will analyze plant growth on a small scale and apply their learning from the classroom to across the street and around the globe. This comprehensive study will allow students to become aware of environmental and health issues by studying erosion, water quality, cells, heredity and cross-pollination, and effects of weather and light on growth. In student awareness, they will be able to apply their learning to identify ways they can take action towards addressing environmental challenges and health risks. Overall, in growing a Microfarm, students will be challenged to utilize their scientific knowledge while demonstrating effective collaboration and critical thinking skills. It will be an evolving project based learning experience that promotes meaningful, memorable application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of ideas and takes learning outside the classroom walls and into the “real world”. Students will determine how water quality effects the growth of plants by using 6 different water samples, recording results, and assessing their findings.
Students will generate theories relating to how their plants grew, and create an experiment to test for possible contaminents or other additives in the water. Students will determine how weather effects the growth of plants by creating diferent conditions for the plants to live in ie. windy/fan, humid/inside a container. Students will determine how the quality and quantity of light influence the growth of plants using various colors of light and differing amounts of time.
Students will use technolgy to share information such as charts, graphs, and video presentations with other classes within the building and across campus using wikispaces.
This project consists of a yearlong series of experiments which tie into the 6th grade science curriculum and allow students to explore, work collaboratively, assess data, evaluate results and reflect on their learning. These learning experiences will require students to incorporate a high level of technology, the ability to summarize and synthesize information,
21st Century Skills:
This yearlong inquire growing project promotes learning through collaborative problem solving, self-direction and responsibility. The project is interdisciplinary in core subjects by its nature, as it requires the comprehension and application of science and math concepts, as well as communication of ideas. Students will enhance their knowledge of technology through data collection and reporting their findings.
In collaborative teams, students will analyze plant growth on a small scale and apply their learning from the classroom to across the street and around the globe. This comprehensive study will allow students to become aware of environmental and health issues by studying erosion, water quality, cells, heredity and cross-pollination, and effects of weather and light on growth. In student awareness, they will be able to apply their learning to identify ways they can take action towards addressing environmental challenges and health risks.
Overall, in growing a Microfarm, students will be challenged to utilize their scientific knowledge while demonstrating effective collaboration and critical thinking skills. It will be an evolving project based learning experience that promotes meaningful, memorable application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of ideas and takes learning outside the classroom walls and into the “real world”.
Students will determine how water quality effects the growth of plants by using 6 different water samples, recording results, and assessing their findings.
Students will generate theories relating to how their plants grew, and create an experiment to test for possible contaminents or other additives in the water.
Students will determine how weather effects the growth of plants by creating diferent conditions for the plants to live in ie. windy/fan, humid/inside a container.
Students will determine how the quality and quantity of light influence the growth of plants using various colors of light and differing amounts of time.
Students will use technolgy to share information such as charts, graphs, and video presentations with other classes within the building and across campus using wikispaces.
This project consists of a yearlong series of experiments which tie into the 6th grade science curriculum and allow students to explore, work collaboratively, assess data, evaluate results and reflect on their learning. These learning experiences will require students to incorporate a high level of technology, the ability to summarize and synthesize information,
21st century skill