NOTES
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This Webquest can be used as part of a larger engaged learning project and with online Go Green collaborative projects.The links are below.
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The Footprints Engaged Learning project is a companion project to Lorraine Edwards' Water Savers project. The links to the Engaged Learning Project and the Webquest are here:
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DIFFERENTIATION
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Free Resources for Reading and Writing Accommodations
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STANDARDS
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Georgia Performance Standards, Science, Sixth Grade
SES5. Students will investigate the interaction of insolation and Earth systems to produce weather and climate. e. Describe the hazards associated with extreme weather events and climate change (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, El Niño/La Niña, global warming). f. Relate changes in global climate to variation in Earth/Sun relationships and to natural and anthropogenic modification of atmospheric composition. SES6. Students will explain how life on Earth responds to and shapes Earth systems. c. Explain how geological and ecological processes interact through time to cycle matter and energy, and how human activity alters the rates of these processes (e.g., fossil fuel formation and combustion). Georgia Common Core GPS, English Language Arts, Sixth Grade ELACC6W7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. ELACC6SL5: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information. ELACC6W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others. ISTE NETS-S Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. (c) Students evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. (b) Students plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. |
Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand and develop ecological awareness. Students will develop their abilities and capacities to solve problems by working together and utilizing all the tools available. This project will engage students by presenting them with a real-life authentic problem from which solutions will benefit not only their school environment but reduce their “Footprints” on Earth. Thus, the students will understand that they are connected with a larger community and the entire planet. |