This is a group project to learn about one of the environmental problems that may put the future of the planet at risk. It’s a cross-curricular project with Biology and Geology.
What should your project have?
- MAKING. You are going to create two related landscapes models:
- One landscape affected by the environmental problem.
- That same landscape unaffected by the environmental problem.
Your landscape model must have represented at least two species (plant and animal) which are affected by this environmental problem. Both have to be labelled with their scientific name.
You could create your landscape with modelling clay, plasticine or any other material you decide (paper, goma EVA…).
Each team member is going to create a part of the landscape model and all of them WILL BE ASSESSMEBLED IN CLASS.
- WRITING. Your landscape must be accompanied by a written work:
A flipbook where you explain the following points on each of its pages.
- Definition: What is this environmental problem.
- Causes: How human beings use the natural environment to create this problem.
- Consequences: what are the effects of this misuse that human beings make of the natural environment. Also, you have to name at least two species (plant and animal) which are affected by this environmental problem. Find the species, the scientific name, main characteristics of the group and why it is affected by the problematic.
- Solutions: What can we do to stop this problem.
- Location: On a physical world map, mark the main places where this problem occurs.
- SPEAKING. You have to do an oral presentation where you will show all you have done to the class!!!!
- Explain the materials you have used.
- What is the environmental problem it represents.
- Causes, consequences and solutions of this problem.
This is an individual project on art in prehistory.
Students must recreate a real piece of prehistoric art, it can be a cave painting, portable art or a megalith. They could create it with modelling clay, plasticine or any other material (paper, goma EVA…).
The piece of art must be accompanied by a poster in infographic style, that is, with synthetic information on the characteristics of the chosen piece of art (where, when, how, purpose…), accompanied by real photos and other visual information (titles, icons ...).
This project has three stages:
1st stage:
Students watch the following video that explains how to make an imitation of a stained glass window on paper. This is an activity that will reinforce the contents of Gothic art in 2nd ESO. The objective of the activity is that they observe and understand the purpose of the stained glass windows.
2nd stage: A few days before the students had already been told that they would have to bring to class a brown or black poster board, waxed paper, scissors, coloured tissue paper and glue. This year it is necessary to carry out the activity individually, so each student will make their stained glass window. This part will develop in a class session.
3rd stage: the students will write, with the help of the teacher and in a simple way, the purpose of stained glass windows in the Gothic style. Finally at the last part of the class, the works will be displayed in the classroom, so that all students can see the work of their classmates.
I like the idea of "encouraging them to write". I like this idea from Berta Ocana about the "Anticuaderno" as it is a different approach to the classical notebook, there are some ideas I have picked up for this school year: BERTA OCANA_El anticuaderno
