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Module 1- Connections Mind Map, Connections, The impact and relationship…

- - - - Reading as a portal to access information held outside the classroom
        
        Virtual or in person meetings with local journalists
        
        Virtual or in person meetings with local authors
        
        Reading blogs or social media which connect students to the international world.
        
        Reading local, national, and global news
  - - - Health Sciences, and the neighbouring medical clinic
      - Family members who are medical professionals
    - - Local Natural Resources
        
        Hot Springs (Agua Caliente)
        
        Inland Lagoons (Laguna de Cacao)
        
        Pico Bonito Rainforest and Mountain
        
        The Atlantic Ocean
        
        Mining
  - - - Community Service Learning
        
        Identify and research community problems that are relatable and of interest
        
        School closures
        
        Access to clean water
        
        Access to learning materials
        
        food security
        
        Problem solve for solutions via research and asking questions to community members. Develop a solution and act on it. Present findings and results of solution implementation
        
        Develops academic/curriculum related problem solving skills that benefit their community
        
        Fosters community involvement and encourages future participation in community affairs.
      - Inquiry Based Learning
        
        student centered
        
        contributes to becoming a life long learners
        
        Empowers student voice
        
        utilizes the resources around you
        
        learning is flexible
        
        learning is catered to students' current interest
        
        Class garden
        
        academic learning takes place in authentic spaces, that can be replicated and applied outside of the classroom
        
        Very motivating, naturally involves parents and other community members.
        
        Students observe and identify problems that they want to solve to better their garden.
    - - Collaboration
      - Teachers are Mentors
      - Real world problems
        
        Produce real world solutions or products that can be shared.
      - Greatest challenge are time conatraints
    - - Learning in the community not just in the classroom
      - Inviting community members into to participate in instruction and learning
      - Valuing community values and relationships to natural resources
        
        Learn the history of the land (Honduras as the Banana Republic and the effects of foreign land owners/control and monoculture.) Learn the specific history of our municipality
      - Learning about cultural traditions
      - Emphasize the experiences and knowledge of past generations
        
        Invite grandparents or elders to share local and familial history
        
        Elders can share gardening practices that students can implement in their garden.