Community
Math
Science
The affects of responsible forest use on our global community
What is community?
What is a Global community?
How do our actions affect our community?
Is the environment part of our Global community?
Responsibility
Technology
Are there different types of communities?
Digital communities
Art
Trees and Forest
Patterns and Relations
Graphing Data
Our grade 6 community
School community
Expression
Nature as motivation
Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
Inquiry based research
Specific Outcome 2.1: Access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locations (URLs)
General Outcome: Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
Uses of the Forest
General Learner Expectation: Describe characteristics of trees and the interaction of trees with other living things in the local environment.
Specific Learner Expectation 10: Identify an issue regarding forest use, identify different perspectives on that issue, and identify actions that might be taken.
Specific Learner Expectation 9: Identify human actions that enhance or threaten the existence of forests.
PURPOSE 5: Students will create an original composition, object or space based on supplied motivation.
Component 10 (ii) Subject Matter: Students will develop themes, with an emphasis on global awareness, based on
A. Plants and animals
Concept D Sculpture: Continue exploring paper sculpture techniques.
General Outcome: Use patterns to describe the world and to solve problems.
Specific Outcome 1: Represent and describe patterns and relationships, using graphs and tables.
Graphing to visually represent deforestation
Tree sculpting
Create a brochure in order to identify different uses of the forest as well as some alternative materials to natural wood and explain how deforestation affects our global community
Creating our own classroom forest, enhancing our classroom community
Digital citizenship
A Deeper Understanding
Sites
Ann and Sandy Cross
Fish Creek Provincial Park
The Zoo
Outdoor School
Experts
Facilitators from Ann and Sandy Cross
Loggers
Alberta Forestry
Biologists