Project Narrative

Days: Learning Goals Problem-Based Learning Assessments Technology Integration

and Outcomes Activities
Day Content -Students will watch the -Learners will share their • YouTube will be
1 Standards: video “Climate Change notes on Evernote with the used to watch the
8S3C1PO1, 101 with Bill Bye | teacher. short Bill Nye
8.E1U3.8, National Geographic” -A ticket out the door video on climate
8.W.2, 8.W.6 and write down 5 activity will be completed change.
important facts. by students at the end of • Laptops to take
ISTE Student -Students will pair up class. They will write about notes on Evernote.
Standards: 1b, with their table partner a major factor that • Students will create
1c,1d, 2b, 2c, 3a, and discuss the important contributes to climate web map on their
3b,3c, 3d, 4a, 4d, points brought up in the change and they will laptops using Linoit
6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 7c, video. explain how the factor which is a
7d -Teacher will deliver the negatively impacts Earth. collaboration tool.
driving question “How
can we as scientists
ISTE Educator contribute to our
Standards: 2b, 3a, community and help
3b, 3c, 5b, 6a, 6d combat climate change?”
-After teacher delivers
Objective: the driving question,
Demonstrate students will do research
understanding of on climate change by
the terms global using a variety of
warming, climate sources.
change, as well as -Students will be
major factors that assigned to work in
contribute to groups of 4-5.
climate change. -Learners will share the
information they found
Link to video: with their group.
https://www.yout -Other group members
ube.com/watch?v will actively listen and
=EtW2rrLHs08 take notes on their
(0:00-3:37) laptops using Evernote.
They should put at least
21st century skills: two pieces of information
Collaboration, in their notes for each
research, and member that presents.
communication - Students will work in
groups to start creating a
web map on their laptops
using Linoit. They will
 write out factors that
contribute to climate
change and briefly
explain why or how they
are contributing factors.
Day Content -Students will finish up -Students will share their • Students will
2 Standards: their web maps that they web maps with the teacher use their laptops
8S3C1PO1, began the previous day. -Students will post a to finish up
8S1C3PO7, -Teacher will deliver discussion post to canvas their web maps
8S6C2, 8.W.7, driving question once in which they write about on Linoit
8.W.8 again and ask students to their newly acquired • Students will
take on the role of knowledge on climate use their laptops
ISTE Student scientists to do research change. Teacher will to submit their
Standards: 1c, 1d, about the climate crisis provide guiding questions work to canvas.
2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, being faced by Earth. that learners can answer to
3d -Students will begin to help them develop their
explore the consequences discussion board post.
ISTE Educator of global warming and
Standards: 2b, 3a, climate change by doing
3b, 5a, 5b some more individual
research.
Objective: -Students will summarize
Students will be their findings and post
able to identify their work on canvas in
and explain the the designated discussion
consequences of forum.
global warming
and climate
change.

21st century skills:

Collaboration,
research,
communication
Day Content -Driving question will be -Before students leave the No technology will be
3 Standards: delivered at the classroom, they will have used for day 3.
8.E1U3.8, beginning of class. to write about one new
8S3C1PO2 Students will be thing they learned from the
reminded that scientists guest presenters as well as
ISTE Student work collaboratively with one other piece of
Standards: N/A other members in the information they would
community and attend like to learn more about.
ISTE Educator conferences to learn new
Standards: N/A information and seek out
new resources.
 Objective: -Students will be
Students will informed about the guest
collect, analyze, speakers that will be
and make present in class and that
connections of the they should use them as a
information resource.
presented by ASU -Students will actively
West E.A.R.T.H engage in the ASU West
Club. E.A.R.T.H. Club
presentation as members
21st century skills: provide information
Collaboration about the organizations
mission.
ASU West campus
E.A.R.T.H. club is
known for informing the
community on how to be
sustainable, hosting
Borderlands events to
minimize the amount of
good food going to
waste, and partnering
with Trees Matter to
plant trees.
-Learners will take
handwritten notes while
E.A.R.T.H. club presents.
-Students will be given a
few minutes to discuss
information presented
within their groups and
come up with questions
to ask the presenters.
-Students will ask
presenters if they are
willing to share any
resources or important
information with them.

Day Content -Students will write a -Students will be assessed • Students will use
4 Standards: thank you note to ASU by their effectiveness in laptops to type up
8.E1U3.8 West E.A.R.T.H. club developing a letter with their letter on
8S6C2, -Students will watch a supporting evidence that Google Docs.
S1C3PO5, 8.W.2, short video on proposes an idea on how
8.W.4, 8.W.5, Borderlands which is one the school community can
 the organizations that the host an event to minimize
ISTE Student ASU E.A.R.T.H club their carbon footprint.
Standards: 1b, 1c, presented about in the -Assessment will be done
2b, 2c, 3d, 4d, 5b, previous day. in collaboration with
5c, 6a, 6b, 6d, 7b, -Students will be English teacher who is the
7d reminded of the driving one that will teach students
question and reminded about letter formatting and
ISTE Educator that one of the scientific will also grade this
Standards: 1a, 1c, method steps is assignment.
2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, communication. In this
3c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, class session they will
5b, 6a, 6c, 7b, 7c work on communicating
their findings with
Objective: important individuals in
Students will be their school community.
able to develop a -Students will write a
letter with letter to the school
relevant evidence principal or the district
to propose an idea superintendent. Half of
to the intended the class will be assigned
audience. to write to the principal
and the other half will be
Link to video: assigned to write to the
https://youtu.be/D mesa superintendent.
MvmW2P39Cs -Their letter will include
relevant evidence about
21st century skills: the Earth’s climate crisis.
Creativity, It will also include
communication, information that informs
critical thinking audience about the
Borderlands organization
and how by participating
in these events can help
the community reduce
their carbon footprint.
-Students will propose to
principal or district
superintendent that a
food rescue event be held
at the school or at a
district site.
-Students will discuss the
positive effects that
hosting such event would
have on the community.
Day Content -Driving question, “How -Students will create a • Laptops will be
5 Standards: can we as scientists graph that shows the used to look at data
8.E1U3.7, contribute to our average temperatures for on Earth Climate.
8S1C3PO1, community and help Earth over the past 50
S1C3PO3, combat climate change?” years in terms of decades.
S1C3PO5 will be delivered at the They will be assessed on
start of class. their ability to correctly
ISTE Student -Teacher will inform produce a graph that
Standards: 1a, 2a, students that today they contains a title, labeled
2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3d, will take on the role of axis, and a key. They will
4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6b, climatologists. She will be asked to write a couple
6c, 7b, 7d explain that sentences in which they
climatologists are describe what the graph
ISTE Educator scientists who studies represent and discuss any
Standards: 1a, 2b, climate patterns or relationships that exist
2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, weather conditions between the variables.
4b, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, averaged over a certain
6b, 6c, 7a time frame.
-An Environmental
scientist who is a friend
of mine from ASU will
come in to talk to the
Objective: class. She will inform
Students will be students about her
able to analyze profession, and the type
data on Earth’s of work she does. She
climate for the will also talk to the class
past 50 years and about the importance of
demonstrate an analyzing data on Earth’s
understanding of climate in order to find
trends by solutions to
producing a graph environmental problems.
of averaged -Students will interact
temperatures by with guest speaker and
decade. ask her questions.
-To further explore the
21st century skills: climate crisis, students
Critical thinking, will analyze data from
research, published studies on
creativity, Earth’s temperatures for
innovation the past 50 years.
-Students will analyze
data and create a graph
that depicts a trend in
Earth’s temperature for
the past 50 years.
Day Content -Upon arrival at site, -Upon returning from the No technology will be
6 Standards: teacher will quickly field trip students will used for day 6.
8.E1U3.8, gather students and ask complete a short quiz on
S3C1PO1, one of them to tell her the the new information they
S3C1PO2 driving question that they learned. Two of the
are investigating. questions will be multiple
ISTE Student Teacher will remind choice and two questions
Standards: N/A students that scientists will be free response. The
travel to different places free response questions
ISTE Educator to make observations and will ask how recycling
Standards: N/A learn new things that positively impacts the
make them more environment and the other
Objective: knowledgeable in their free response question will
Students will field. ask them to write about an
actively engage -Students will go a field item that many people
with the Zero trip to the City of believe it can be recycled
Waste team at the Phoenix North Gateway but really should not be
transfer station Transfer Station. recycled.
and demonstrate Transfer stations
an understanding temporarily store all of
of the importance the trash in Phoenix and
of not only all recyclables in Phoenix
recycling, but are also sent
recycling to the transfer stations to
correctly. be sorted by the adjoined
Materials Recovery
Facility (MRF). The
21st century skills: MRF contains a series of
Critical thinking, machines and conveyors
research that sort glass, paper,
metal, cardboard and
plastic into separate
bales.
-The Zero Waste Team at
this facility will give the
group a tour of the
facility and will provide a
presentation on the
importance of recycling.
-Students will actively
engage in presentation
and tour and ask
questions.
-Students will learn about
the process of recycling,
how to recycle correctly,
 and the impact that
recycling has on the
environment in helping
combat climate change
by reducing the amount
of greenhouse gas
emissions.
Day Content -Teacher will ask one of - Students will write a • Students will use
7 Standards: the students to remind summary about the effects laptops to conduct
8.E1U3.8, her of the driving of global warming on research.
S1C3PO5, question. She will then ecosystems.
S3PO2, 8.W.2., inform students that -This assessment will be
8.W.4., 8.W.6., today they will take on done in collaboration with
8.W.8. the role of environmental the English teacher. She
scientists to further will be the one who grades
ISTE Student explore climate change the different components of
Standards:1b, 2c, and sustainable practices. the students’ summaries.
2d, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, -Students will read two
4d, 5c, 6a, 6b, 6d, articles on the impact of
7c, 7d global warming on
animals and other
ISTE Educator wildlife.
Standards: 1a, 2b, - Students will do
2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, research on things that
4c, 4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, everyone can do to
6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7c reduce their carbon
footprint and combat
Objective: climate change
Students will be -Students will work in
able to gather and groups to create a
analyze newspaper article that
information on summarizes the effects of
environmental climate change on
issues that will be ecosystems and things all
drawn from people can do to reduce
different sources, their carbon footprint.
in order to
develop a
newspaper article
that summarizes
their learning.

21st century skills:

Research,
communication,
creativity,
 innovation,
collaboration
Day Content -Teacher will post the • Students will use
8 Standards: driving question on the their laptops to
8.E1U3.7, whiteboard. Teacher will watch screencast
8.E1U3, 8.W.6., inform scientists that video made by
8.W.7., 8.W.8., they have been working teacher on how to
8S3C2PO1, very hard up this point use Google Slides.
8S3PO2, 8S3PO3 and now they must begin • Students will use
preparing to share their Google Slides to
ISTE Student findings with others. make their
Standards: 1a, 1b, -Students will begin to presentations.
2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, develop their
4a, 4d, 5c, 6a, 6b, presentations for the
6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 7c, science showcase
7d evening with their
assigned groups.
ISTE Educator -Each group will have a
Standards: 1a, 1c, specific topic that they
2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, will be assigned to
4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, present.
6b, 6c, 6d, 7a, 7b -One group will be
tasked with presenting
Objective: the terminology
Students will be important to the
able to create a presentation which
Google Slides includes climate change,
presentation that global warming, and
will include all the carbon footprint.
required -A second group will be
components and in charge of presenting
will showcase the latest and most
their learning importance evidence
from this project. about the Earth’s climate,
including trends in
temperature over the past
50 years.
21st century skills: -Another group will be in
Creativity, charge of presenting the
innovation, negative effects that
communication, climate change has on
collaboration Earth
-The last two groups will
be tasked with presenting
information on things
that every member in the
 community can do to
reduce their carbon
footprint and combat
climate change.
-Group A will talk about
the actions that can be
taken and resources
available such as the
Borderlands event that
happens each month at
the ASU campus
-Group B will talk about
how these actions help
deter climate change.
Day Content -For the first half of class -Students will fill out • Google slides on
9 Standards: students will work in rubric in which they score laptops
8.E1U3.7, groups to finish up their their peer’s presentations.
8.E1U3, 8.W.6., presentations. On this form they will also
8.W.7., 8.W.8., -During the second half have to provide peers with
8S3C2PO1, of class, students will one thing they liked about
8S3PO2, 8S3PO3 conduct peer review of the presentation and one
presentations using rubric thing that could be
ISTE Student provided by the teacher. improved.
Standards: 1a, 1b,
1c, 2c, 3b, 3c, 3d,
4d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d,
7a, 7b, 7c, 7d

ISTE Educator
Standards: 2b, 2c,
3a, 3c, 3c, 4b, 4d,
5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6b,
6c, 6d, 7b, 7c

Objective:
Students will
evaluate peers’
work and provide
them with clear
and constructive
feedback.

21st century skills:

collaboration,
communication,
Day Content -Teacher will announce -Students will fill out • Google slides on
10 Standards: the driving questions for group contribution form to their laptops
8.E1U3.7, the final time in order to inform teacher about who
8.E1U3, 8.W.6., remind students of their did what on the
8.W.7., 8.W.8., goal as they wrap up presentation.
8S3C2PO1, their presentations. -Students will check-in
8S3PO2, 8S3PO3 -Students will make final with teacher and present
adjustments to their their information to
ISTE Student presentations as needed demonstrate that they are
Standards: 1a, 1b, before the showcase ready for the showcase.
1c, 2c, 3b, 3c, 3d, evening.
4d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, -Learners will inform the
7a, 7b, 7c, 7d teacher of who will be
presenting what
ISTE Educator information and will
Standards: 2b, 2c, briefly run through the
3a, 3c, 3c, 4b, 4d, presentation.
5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6b, -Students will review
6c, 6d, 7b, 7c peer feedback, make final
adjustments, and after
Objective: checking in with the
Students will teacher, they will email
demonstrate an their presentation to the
understanding of instructor for grading.
climate change,
the contributing
factors, and will
be able to explain
how the
community can
reduce their
carbon footprint
in order to combat
climate change.

21st century skills:

communication,
collaboration