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Forum 5.6 - Project Submission

5/12/2021

Guiding Inquiry: How can you use your travel experiences to help others better understand the world?

Guiding Thought Question: Post the link to your final project below with the title of your post as your name and where you are going in Parentheses.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will further investigate the impact that tourism can have on the conservation and protection of natural and cultural sites around the world through meaningful and conscientious travel practices. (2.1.a, 2.2.a, 2.8.a, 2.10.a, 3.1.a,3.1.b, 3.2.a, 3.2.c, 3.3.b, 3.4.a, 3.5.b)

Forum 5.5 - Q/C/C/C/CoR

5/12/2021

Guiding Thought Question: What are any lasting questions, comments, concerns, compliments, or cries of outrage you've got as we wrap up the project?

Guiding Inquiry: How can individuals benefit from expanding their worldview through travel?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will further investigate the impact that tourism can have on the conservation and protection of natural and cultural sites around the world through meaningful and conscientious travel practices. (2.1.a, 2.2.a, 2.8.a, 2.10.a, 3.1.a,3.1.b, 3.2.a, 3.2.c, 3.3.b, 3.4.a, 3.5.b)

Forum 5.4 - Where ya going?

5/12/2021

Guiding Thought Question: Where are you going and why did you choose to go there?

Guiding Inquiry: How can you plan a trip to be enjoyable and informative to get the most out of it?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will further investigate the impact that tourism can have on the conservation and protection of natural and cultural sites around the world through meaningful and conscientious travel practices. (2.1.a, 2.2.a, 2.8.a, 2.10.a, 3.1.a,3.1.b, 3.2.a, 3.2.c, 3.3.b, 3.4.a, 3.5.b)

Forum 4.6 - Q/C/C/C/CoR

4/26/2021

Guiding Inquiry: What is the value of parks and their preservation

Guiding Thought Question: Write down any questions you might have about the test before beginning.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will prove their depth of knowledge related to the topics covered this unit by completing an essay-based examination.

Forum 4.5 - Against the Greater Good

4/25/2021

Guiding Inquiry: What factors complicate the goals of protecting and preserving wild places? (3.1.b, 3.2.a)

Guiding Thought Question: What motivations might groups have for being against preservation conservation? List and explain as many reasons as you can think of.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will investigate the complications that go along with the goals of preservation by discussing the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a case study.

Forum 3.4 - Do What You Love...

3/30/2021

Guiding Inquiry: How can individuals use the scientific process to investigate and solve global issues?

Guiding Thought Question: Why does it make sense that you should try to make a career out of something that you enjoy instead of trying to meld yourself into an already available career? What are the benefits of doing a career for enjoyment versus a career for money?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will explore how an interest in science can be applied towards solving global issues and how to make a career out of it.

3.3 - Whose Responsibility is It?

3/28/2021

Guiding Inquiry: What role do different individuals, organizations, and corporations have in taking action? (3.5.b, 3.4.c, 3.2.a, 1.2.c, 1.2.d)

Guiding Thought Question: Whose responsibility is It to take appropriate actions to preserve the environment? (individuals, non-profits, corporations, or governments) What can we do to ensure that those groups actually take responsibility and fulfill their duties?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the ideas of individual vs. corporate vs. government responsibility by examining examples of issues and how they are caused, versus how are they being addressed.

Private Sector or Public Good? (3.2)

3/23/2021

Guiding Inquiry: How can you use your interests for a future career to help make the planet better for everyone? (2.1.b, 2.2.d)

Guiding Thought Question: Why does it make sense that workers for the private sector (for-profit businesses) would make more over the course of their career than people working in the public sector (non-profit or government)? Explain a reason and how this might affect the impact this will have on the goal of environmental conservation.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about different careers related to environmental conservation and what they would need to do to further pursue them, and how they could use their work to help the environment by conducting a webquest and making an informational poster.

Forum 3.1 - Global Action, Global Responsibility

3/14/2021

Guiding Inquiry: Why are actions at all levels needed to address Earth's biggest problems? (3.2.c, 3.4.c, 3.5.b)

Guiding Thought Question: Review the UN's SDGs, which one is of the greatest concern in your community? Explain your reasoning.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, and brainstorm ways in which they can take actions to address issues on a local and global level.

Forum 2.8 - Q/C/C/C/CoR 2

2/28/2021

Guiding Inquiry: How is the impact of humans visible on the cultural landscape and how does that affect us in turn ? (3.1.a, 3.1.b, 3.2.a, 3.3.a, 3.3.b, 3.4.a, 3.4.c)

Guiding Thought Question: As we wrap up the unit what are any lasting questions, comments, concerns, compliments, or cries of outrage your have regarding the materials we've covered the last couple weeks?

Today's learning objective: Students will prove their depth of knowledge related to the topics covered this unit by completing an essay-based examination.

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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