Activity 5 - What have we found?
- Complete further analysis of the previous experience to cement the connections that the students have formed with the issue. - Discuss the importance of 'evidence' when looking for solutions to an issue. What evidence do they have that suggests their problem is effecting others? Quantitative/qualitative data, maps and graphs are great ways to collect, organise and represent evidence that has been collected. Our Example: Categorise the collected rubbish and analyse the frequency of the different types. Create graphs to organise and share this information. |
Activity 6 - What else can we find?
- In teams, have students perform their own mini research project within the school community that relates to their issues. This will take several lessons: Session 1: Develop teams and roles, engage in planning and ensure that the task is appropriate and achievable. Session 2: Collect the data (for some students, they may need to be excused several times over a week etc, depending on their project). Session 3: Organise, graph and analyse the data. Write some key findings that can be determined from this evidence. Session 4: Share the key findings with the other teams. Our Example: In teams, design a survey to collect data about an environmental issue around school. This may include surveying types of rubbish found, students with waste-free lunches, school water expenses over 12 months, etc. Have students graph this and teams share their findings. |
Activity 7 - Checking with stakeholders and asking questions Session 1: Make a connection with a local organisation that has involvement with your issue. This may be an incursion or Skype call, etc. Session 2: Using the new information that they present, create further questions about the issue. Our Example: Incursion from the Mandurah Estuary Guardians to discuss the work they do protecting the Mandurah dolphins, and the issues that they see within the community that impact the waterways. |
Reflection questions to complete in the app.
- List 5 new facts that you have found out from your resources and next to the fact add the resource name.
- How do you know these are facts and not an opinion?
- Speak to an expert. (How do you know they are an expert?) Write down at least 3 things they shared with you.
- Can you include a diagram or picture here, and share why you have added it?
- Report on any results from any experiments or activities you completed (for example a beach survey of rubbish, or an interview). What did you find out?