Created by
Nikki Johnson
Description:
Captain Planet? Inspire your students to do their part for Mother Earth by recycling and conserving resources! Students design an action plan for their life by choosing three ways to recycle and three ways to conserve resources. Students create a PowerPoint presentation depicting their three methods of conserving and recycling, and verify their use in their life.
Expected
Duration:
4
sessions, each being 45 to 55 minutes in length.
Florida
Sunshine State Standard/GLE:
SC.D.2.3.1.7.1
The student knows ways to conserve and recycle resources (for example,
develops and uses a personal action plan to use recyclable materials whenever
possible).
Materials:
Teacher
Preparations:
1.
Download the Conserve and Recycle: I do my part! Rubric (See
Additional Files)
2. Download the Conserve and Recycle: I do my part! Planning Guide
(See Additional Files)
3. Create example of acceptable and unacceptable PowerPoint presentation
for classroom display.
4. Make enough copies of Rubric and Planning Guide for every student (copied
front to back)
5. Check computer and projector for proper operation.
6. Collect all materials.
7. Have the BrainPOP! website and recycling video loaded and ready to
show with projector.
Instructions:
Note:
The students have previously been taught the meaning of conservation and
recycling of resources and several methods of each.
Day 1
1. On computer attached to LCD projector, load recycling video via www.brainpop.com (see Web Links.)
2. Play the BrainPOP! video for the class. Following the video take the
quiz together. Have students raise their hands to volunteer answers, clicking
answers and reviewing question and answers. The students have previously
been taught basics of recycling and conservation, therefore the Brain
Pop will strictly be used as a review.
3. If available, turn on the lab sink water, all the lights and the AC
or heater to high. Show the students the recycling bins, energy saving
light bulbs, energy bills, water bills and other forms of proof of conservation
and recycling. Explain the importance of keeping our world as clean and
restored as we can as an individual, family, class and school. Demonstrate
how you as a teacher have began recycling by revealing material in the
bins, are using energy conserving gadgets, have saved water, gas, oil
or other resources through simple steps in your life to encourage them
and get them thinking of how we waste resources. Then point out that in
the past few minutes we have wasted the water and electricity with the
lights, heat/AC or water, none of which were necessary at that level.
4. Break the students into their table groups or partners and have them
discuss for 5 minutes how they waste resources and take advantage of our
Earth.
5. Have each group choose a volunteer to share with the class 3 ways they
waste resources everyday.
6. Have the same groups or partners now discuss several ways they can
recycle or conserve resources.
7. Have each set share with the class 2 ways they can conserve and 2 ways
to recycle precious resources.
8. After all the groups have shared, a complete list of ways to recycle
and ways to conserve should now be available.
9. Individually, have students write an action plan including 3 ways they
will commit to recycling and 3 ways they will conserve.
10. Explain that they are going to be given the opportunity to make a
PowerPoint proclaiming their 6 resolutions in an action plan with verification
of their action taken.
11. Distribute “Conserve and Recycle*I do my part! Rubric”
(See Additional Files) for grading the PowerPoint presentation. Review
each category for student awareness of expectations.
12. Have students turn over the Rubric and on the back is “Conserve
and Recycle*I do my part! Planning Guide” (See Additional Files).
Allow the students time to plan the recycling and conservation methods,
what they will include on each slide, timing, spacing, sound, pictures,
conservation and recycling methods. Show via LCD projector examples of
both a commendable project as well as an unacceptable PowerPoint.
Day 2
1. Review the requirements found on Conserve and Recycle: I do my
part! Rubric (See Additional Files.)
2. Allow students time to work on their PowerPoint presentation and upload
photos if they are to be part of the PowerPoint.
3. As a formative assessment, circulate through the media center or computer
lab asking questions, stirring creativity, troubleshooting problem areas,
encouraging and clarifying.
4. As class comes to a close, ask students to share some problems they
found, as well as what seems to work the best and even share a sample
slide if desired.
5. Students need to save their finished product to a disk, flash drive,
cd or school server.
Day 3
1. Allow the students time to work, edit and add to their slide shows.
2. As a formative assessment, circulate through the media center or computer
lab asking question, stirring creativity, troubleshooting problem areas,
encouraging and clarifying.
3. During the last 15 minutes of class, using the handout that had the
sample rubric on the back. Students switch computers with a partner and
score their partner based on the rubric, making comments as to what can
be improved, changed and updated.
4. Students return to their computer, review the recommendations of their
peer editor and make changes if they choose to.
5. Students save their finished product to a disk, flash drive, cd or
school server.
Day 4
1. Remind the students of the requirements of the rubric.
2. Students individually present their PowerPoint presentation, while
the teacher scores each presentation using the provided rubric (See Additional
Files.)
3. After all presentations have been made, the teacher privately reviews
what portions of the rubric were commendable and what parts were unacceptable,
therefore why their presentation was ranked the level that it was.
Formative
Assessment:
Criteria:
The student will identify 3 ways to conserve
and 3 ways to recycle resources. They will also include and name the specific
resources being recycled or conserved. Finally, develop an action plan
describing how they will implement the strategies in their life and provide
verification of the use.
Student Evidence:
The student will create a PowerPoint
Presentation documenting 3 recycling strategies, 3 conserving strategies
and the implication into their lifestyle.
Method for Student Feedback:
Student will receive a completed
rubric scoring their media presentation.
Technology
Integration:
Teacher
will access BrainPOP! “Recycling” video via www.brainpop.com
the internet.
Students view and answer questions as a class.
Teacher
creates sample PowerPoint presentation for class expectations.
Students
use PowerPoint to design a slide show presentation.
Web
Link:
U
R L: http://www.brainpop.com
Website Title: BrainPOP!
Description:
BrainPOP! is an educational program providing content, video
and quizzes spanning 6 main subjects including: Science, Math, English,
Social Studies, Health and Technology. For this lesson use the video Conservation
and Recycling.
Additional
Files :
Conserve and Recycle: I Do My Part Rubric
Conserve and Recycle: I Do My Part Planning Sheet
Student Sample:
Recycling and Conserving Earth's Resources