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This is one of a series of posts on the Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project. Other posts in the series include: Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project (CCP) - Intro Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Research Techniques Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Evaluation Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Use augmented reality Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Create a multi-level game Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Create a sustainability video Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Build a sustainability app Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Design a sustainability city or town Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Overview For a more student-friendly layout visit the Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project website. When undertaking research begin with the following questions: - What do I know about this topic? - What do I want to know about this topic? - Why am I interested in this topic? - What do I need to research this topic? Search engines - Why don't you google it? A search engine is a program that finds relevant sources (articles, websites, etc. ) based on your search term. Google is one of the most popular search engines used to research topics for school assignments. There are a range of other search engines which will provide you different sources than the ones you can find using google. Some other search engines you could use are: Google Scholar is at www.scholar.google.com.au/ Duck Duck Go is at www.duckduckgo.com Iseek is at http://education.iseek.com OJOSE is at http://www.ojose.com Dogpile is at http://www.dogpile.com Yippy is at http://yippy.com There is a Library blog post which outlines the details of some search engines: http://eppinglibrary.weebly.com/blog Your sustainability project Planning your research: Create a research plan for your group. In your plan consider the following: - What information do you need? - When will you need each piece of information? - Who will be responsible for each task? - Are there certain tasks that need to be completed in a certain order? Which tasks will need to be completed first? What order should the rest of the tasks be completed in? Developing a Research Plan As part of your plan develop a calendar which shows a timeline to completion. Make sure that you allocate more time for complex tasks and less time for simple tasks. You will need to use in-class time and out-of-class time. When you have put together your plan, have a conference with your teacher to see whether it is feasible (whether it will work). 
Prior Reading: Before you can become too involved in your project you need to read widely. Each person in your group needs to read five articles or five websites that relate to the topic of sustainability. You will be required to take notes about the article. You will use your notes later in the project. You should record the site that you visited, the date you viewed the site and a series of summary dot points. Use the Research scaffold to record your information. Articles: Epping set for transformation as 54ha rezoned for housing and retail Sydney suburbs earmarked for high-rise blocks
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This is one of a series of posts on the Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project. Other posts in the series include: Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project (CCP) - Intro Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Research Techniques Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Evaluation Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Use augmented reality Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Create a multi-level game Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Create a sustainability video Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Build a sustainability app Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Design a sustainability city or town Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project - Overview For a more student-friendly layout visit the Sustainability Cross Curriculum Project website. How can we make our community more sustainable? The Sustainability Cross-Curriculum project is a compulsory project for all Year 7 students., facilitated by several days of activities which will build student knowledge about sustainability as well as ongoing lessons. The Cross Curriculum Project will be completed in groups of no more than 4 students. All Year 7 students will attend the Youth Eco Summit, and attend a range of workshops to learn about sustainability in a range of different situations.
Working in groups Who are the members of your group? Write down the names and email address of each of your group members. How can you be a good group member? - put forward ideas and explain them clearly - listen to other peoples' point of view - express how you feel but don't attack others - ask questions to find out more about other's ideas and encourage others to express their feelings - maintain a positive attitude and encourage your other group members to do the same be sensitive to other peoples' feelings Will you be a good group member? What skills and characteristics do you have which will make you a good group member? Create a list. Working effectively in your group To ensure that your group is productive you must maintain a good group dynamic. To do this you need to have a number of important skills within your group. Solve common group work problems: Before you begin your group work, create a set of group rules. These may include things like: everyone must contribute, listen to each other, and show group members respect. It is up to you what your group rules are, but if you take some time to develop a good set of group rules you group work should be more effective over the course of the project. Learn how to provide constructive feedback: Don't make comments about another person, rather make comments that relate to the task that they are working on. For example, don't say, "You are lazy", instead say "We really need the piece of writing you are working on". Provide feedback early so that the person doesn't feel like they have wasted a lot of time. Try to give positive feedback as well as negative feedback. Have detailed discussions: In group discussions, take it in turns to speak. If your group is having trouble coming up with ideas you may need to spend more time reading, brainstorming, making notes and reflecting on the topic or problem. Consider spending some time working individually and then coming back to the group discussion. Manage the group: An important part of managing your group is to create and stick to work plans. Create a flow chart of all of the different parts of the project that need to be completed. Each of these parts will require your group to complete a list of specific jobs (typing notes, brainstorming ideas, etc). Create a detailed list of all the jobs that need to be done and allocate the jobs to group members. Be sure that no individual group member is overburdened with too many jobs to do. Practising group work Play Pictionary using words related to sustainability. Provide constructive criticism to the group members that draw the pictures. Imagine that you were going to make a model of the Eiffel Tower. Create a flow chart showing all the different parts to making the model. Create a list of jobs that would have to be done to complete the model. The end product.... In your group you need to think about what the overall aim of your project will be. The options to choose from are below: Design a city or town showing how you could incorporate a range of different sustainable technologies and techniques which would maintain a growing population for 50 years. Read more... OR Create a 5 minute video about sustainability in the Epping community. Read more... OR Develop a visual representation of a design using graphics programs. Import the graphics into augmented reality software to represent the design in the location or to augment the information in certain contexts. Read more... OR Create an app to teach the community about sustainable practices they can implement in their home. Read more... OR Create a multi-level game which explores the consequences of not using sustainable practices in the Epping community. Read more... For more information, click on the idea to find out about the process of creating that particular product.
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