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Forum 1.2 - Why Focus on Parks?

5/28/2020

Guiding Inquiry: How was the idea of environmentalism formed and how has it diffused over space and time? (3.3.a, 3.4.b)

Guiding Thought Question: When studying the spread of the global conservation movement why is it helpful to focus on the growth of National Parks? What is another way that you could use to mark the spread of environmentalist ideals?

Today's Learning Objectives: Students will learn about the philosophical beginnings of the conservationist movement and analyze its spread through completing a geoinquiry on the topic.

Forum 1.4 - All or Nothing?

5/26/2020

Guiding Inquiry: Is the United Nations an appropriate agency to tackle environmental conservation? (3.2.c, 3.4.b, 3.4.c)

Guiding Thought Question: Is it necessary for all countries to be unified in the common goal of environmental protection or can individual countries choose not to and still accomplish the objectives? Explain your answer

Today's Learning Objective: Students will debate the merits of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals as a means to better understand them and see how they are applied across the world.

Forum 4.4 - Territorial Waters vs. Open Ocean

5/22/2020

Guiding Inquiry: Why are Marine Protected Areas needed and why are they so much harder to organize? (1.1.f, 2.1.a, 3.2.a, 3.1.b)

Guiding Thought Question: Are Marine Protected Areas going to be more difficult to establish in International Waters, or the territorial waters of individual countries? Explain your answer.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine what international laws apply to the use of maritime resources and examine the effect that Marine Protected Areas can have on the preservation of fisheries and protecting endangered species and ecosystems.

Forum 4.2 - Sharing with the World

5/22/2020

Guiding Inquiry: How does the involvement of an organization like the UN add credibility to conservation efforts? (1.1.c, 1.1.f, 3.2.b, 3.2.c, 3.5.c)

Guiding Thought Question: What risks do countries potentially face by promoting their protected areas to international tourists? What can they potentially gain? Why might countries not want their sites under international protected status?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the creation of UNESCO and the World Heritage Site by recording notes about the program and then doing a virtual investigation of World Heritage Sites Using Google Earth.

Forum 4.3 - Pitter Patter

5/21/2020

Guiding Inquiry: What does the world as a whole gain through the conservation of cultural and natural areas? (1.1.c, 1.1.d, 1.1.e, 2.1.a, 2.5.c, 2.5.d, 2.6.a, 2.8.c, 2.9.b, 3.1.a, 3.2.a, 3.2.b, 3.3.b, 3.5.a, 3.5.b)

Guiding Thought Question: Why is it so imperative that setting aside land as conservation areas is a priority now and not something that should be set aside? Make an appeal to why countries should make this a priority with a supportive example.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the distribution of terrestrial and marine protected areas by analyzing spatial data and developing an inquiry styled approach to address a question which they develop.

Forum 1.5 - Sum of All Parts

5/5/2020

Guiding Inquiry: How do countries work together as individuals as part of a global whole to address larger issues like environmental protection? (1.1.f, 1.1.h, 3.1.b, 3.2.c, 3.5.a)

Guiding Thought Question: Examine the chart above showing global emissions by country and develop a geographic question (rooted it "Where?" "Why There?" "Why Care? or "What Can Be done?") about the data presented above.

Today's Learning Objective: Students examine the different ways in which countries use international agreements and relationship to address large environmental issues by taking note of the sorts of environmental cooperation and then complete a mapping assignment looking at the world's countries involvement in international agreements over space and time.

Forum 1.6 - To Be Trusted?

5/4/2020

Guiding Inquiry: How are corporations contributing to environmental issues in both a positive and negative way?

Guiding Thought Question: Can large multinational corporations be trusted to ensure they are not causing irreparable harm to the environment or are government regulations necessary to prevent them from doing so? Explain your answer.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the ways in which businesses have a negative impact on the environment but then also how many are looking to improve their environmental footprint. Students will discuss the connections between economic and environmental systems and make scientific models displaying the relationship between corporations and the environment.

Forum 1.1 - Making Meaning for Yourself

5/1/2020

Guiding Inquiry: How do individuals fit into a global understanding of environmentalism and interconnectedness? (3.2.c, 3.4.a, 3.4.b)

Guiding Thought Question: Read the quote below from Sir David Attenborough (a renowned British naturalist) and write about what this means for you.

" No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced"
- Sir David Attenborough

Today's Learning Objective: Students will discuss the core concepts related to the focus of study for the semester and better understand expectations and fields of study related to global environmentalism.

World Environmentalism Forum

Welcome to the Forum! Here is where you will be answering your daily warm-up questions. Please do not enter your last name for privacy reasons, and you may use a nickname if you would like (Just make sure Mr. Tredinnick is aware of the nickname you are using). Write out thoughtful responses to the forums on the days they are assigned. If you miss a day please take it upon yourself to complete the Forum you missed. Each Forum has the targeted Learning Objective(s) there so you can see what the focus of the day's class will be.

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