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