Introduction

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Miss B's Wiki site on Environmental Sustainability.

In light of the current climate crisis and challenges increasingly facing us, people are becoming more aware than ever about environmental problems and taking more actions to lessen their impacts. However, learning about the environment can often be confusing and overwhelming. There are many different types of people talking about the environment - activists, governments, companies, and non-profits, to name a few - all of whom have different ways of explaining things and advising people. They also make their points through a variety of different media from articles to blogs to films to white papers to proposals. Every person is influenced in different ways... What do you think? ==== Miss B's Wiki strives to become a central place to share our growing and evolving body of knowledge about environmental topics and issues with both fellow teachers and students in our year 6/7 classes. ==== The Miss B community also believes that the threats to our environment are real and that they require action. Throughout the exploration of this wiki site, students will gain a deeper understanding of how our actions impact the environment and how we can combat these issues. However, the wiki also strives to foster a community where respectful debate and informed viewpoints can be heard. ==== =﻿For Students =

Hello year 6/7 students. I have created this wiki as a learning tool to help develop your understanding of how we as humans impact the environment and how we can use these to discuss actions which we can take to enable a sustainable future for our families.

Throughout this wiki site you will be using the 'Student space' section the most as well as the 'Student weekly Blog' section. In the 'Student space' you will be working through a range of inquiry activities week by week. These activities will require you to work in groups some times, doing a range of different types of research and also reflective writing. Each week you will be asked to reflect on what you have learned by answering the questions provided on the Blog site. I chose to use this wiki as our learning tool this semester as it allows you to create your own types of knowledge and understanding and will provide you with life long tools in the world of ICTs.

We will be working through this Wiki as a whole class for the next 7 - 10 weeks along with many other concepts which we will cover throughout our other class time. I look forward to seeing you understandings develop over the course of the next couple of weeks. Good luck.

Miss Ballinger

=For Fellow Teachers =

Hello fellow teachers. This semester my class will be studying Environmental Sustainability. In light of the current curriculum focus on embedding ICTs into everyday teaching pedagogy, I have decided to use a Web 2.0 tool as my teaching resource. The following wiki site has been created using an inquiry approach to learning about sustainability. It encourages students to find different ways of presenting and researching information. Throughout the wiki I have incorporated both Technology and SOSE as Cross Curriculum Priorities in order to have students link what they are learning in all aspects of different subjects.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On the Curriculum page you will find how this wiki aligns with different aspects of Essential Learnings as well as many other frameworks. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is also a Reference page which shows where resources and images came from as well as academic papers etc which helped to shape the pedagogical approach behind this wiki.