Student+Space

**The Task: ** EXPLORING
** Do you have an apple in your lunch today? **

Have you ever wondered what kind of energy or resources were needed to produce the apple? Was the apple grown locally, shipped in a refrigerated truck across the country, or arrive by plane to your grocery store before ending up in your lunch?

A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the //__environment__//. Your first task is to identify how you can start reducing the impact of your personal actions and choices for the environment. Make a list of actions you could change in order to reduce your negative impacts on the environment just in your daily lives.

Next, you will be asked to //__ explore __// the issues in more detail by performing online research in groups of three, regarding one of the following: water pollution, air pollution, biodiversity, and recycling.

Lastly, you will produce a thoughtful //__ reflection __// relating to what you have learned about our planet and it’s sustainability on your week 2 blog.

** There are 4 steps in this phase. The first 3 steps you will complete individually. Step 4 you will complete in small groups of 3. **
Sometimes we think the world is too large for one person to make a difference. **What are the problems facing the environment and how can we be a part of the solution?**

** STEP 1 - PROBLEMS **
By yourself, work through the following video resources, identify 2 environmental problems facing society and make note of them in your unit books. View these two videos which were created by National Geographic: Global Warming 101 (3:03 min) and A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change (7:43 min).

STEP 2 - SOLUTIONS

On your own, work through the following resources. Reflect on what actions you can make to have a positive impact on the environment in the future. 1. Read about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 2. View David Suzuki’s Wake Up Call video  (YouTube 1:50 min). This clip isn't Australian, however, it applies to all Australian aspects of Sustainability. 3. View Tips for saving energy  (YouTube 1:44 min).

** STEP 3 - CALCULATE YOUR IMPACT **
Next, on your own, write a summary of your findings and what you might propose to our class about what we can do to be more Environmentally Sustainable. I want you to discuss both the negative impacts we, as humans, have on the environment and the positives. Post this on your week 3 blog.

** STEP 4 - DISCUSS (Group work) **
In groups of 3, share your problem and solution lists from step 1 & 2 with your group members. What was the same and what was different? Compare your impact results calculated in step 3. Did you predict the results? Did anything surprise you or other group members?

** THINK ABOUT IT **
// How long things take to rot? Cotton rags - 1-5 months, Paper - 2-5 months, Orange peel - up to 6 months, Wool socks - 1-5 years, Cigarette butts - 1-12 years, Plastic bags - 10-20 years, Photo film - 20-30 years, Leather shoes - 25-50 years, Nylon clothing - 30-40 years, Tin cans - 50-100 years. (Source: google searches) //

Please write your reflection of the information you have gathered throughout these 2 weeks on your week 4 Blog.

Week 5-6

** The Task: Glogster.com posters **
For the next two weeks we will be focusing on our first major practical aspect. At the beginning of the week we made a glogster.com account. Throughout the next 2 weeks, you will be individually taking all the information you have gathered and create an interactive poster.

Your requirements for this poster are: · You must incorporate audio (e.g. voice over, music, etc.) · You must have a range of pictures · You must incorporate video or moving images · And, finally you must have a link to another website, blog posts, wiki sites, etc. Once you have completed your Glogster, I will upload them onto our wiki for everyone to see. If you look onto our ‘@Resource Page’ you will see a basic example of a poster I made earlier. I want your poster to be a lot more in depth and contain a lot more information about environmental issues.

Happy ‘Glogster - ing’!

** Week 7-10 **

The Task: Movie Maker - creating your environmental moviE
Since creating your Glogster poster, we will be moving on further into developing a different form of media to portray our ideas about our schools environmental issues. We have previously worked with 'Movie Maker' and are fairly familiar with how it works. For this particular task we will be working in pairs.

Your requirements for this piece of assessment are: · You must incorporate audio (e.g. voice over, music, etc.) · You must have a range of pictures · You must incorporate video or moving images · You must have logical flow to your movie consisting of: Location, flora, fauna, positives and negatives and how we can combat these issues

You will be **assessed** on this item based on how well you can identify the issues and logically construct a movie to inform others of our schools sustainability.

Click **here** to view an example of an **A** standard environmental movie...