200 Total Points Required materials Digital Artifact Comments
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75 points 1. Resources: Minimum of 15 resources in your Digital Artifact designed to teach/educate about the sustainability topic of your choice. Resources used in the Digital Artifact should be annotated according to assignment description. Annotated URLs should provide the justification for the selection of the resource. This section must be proof read, clear, and well-articulated. These must support a sustainability topic.
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40 points 10 points 2. Unit Plan Summary: a. Description/Overview: Provide a brief overview of your 5 day unit: main ideas/topics, grade level, subject area, and general information about integration of your digital artifact (approx. 1 paragraph). This section must be proofread, clear, and well-articulated. It must include evidence of a clear sustainability topic.
10 points b. Learning Goals: As a result of the unit, what will students know and/or to be able to do? State explicit, measurable learning goals for Day 1 Day 5 of your unit. This section must be proofread, clear, and well-articulated. 20 points c. Procedure/Activities: Describe the activities that would be included as part of this unit plan. How will the content be taught? Describe the major instructional events/activities for all 5 days of your unit. This section must be proofread, clear, and well-articulated. L e s s o n
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45 points 35 points 3. Lesson Plan: One fully developed lesson plan that would be included as part of the unit. Student thoroughly completed all sections of the lesson plan template. This section must be proofread, clear, and well-articulated.
10 points a. Way of Thinking: The lesson plan you develop should include at least one of the Ways of Thinking we have explored in the course: Futures, Values, Strategic or Systems. Define the Way of Thinking you selected and used in this lesson plan and clearly describe how the way of thinking would enhance or be part of the lesson plan. R a t i o n a l e
20 points 10 points 4. Rationale: a. Why did you choose this topic? Describe your rationale for selecting the specific sustainability topic that your digital artifact covers. What is the specific sustainability topic you are exploring? Describe why this is a sustainability topic. What engaged you the most about this topic and why did you select it? Do you think this is important for you to consider as a citizen?
10 points b. Why does it matter for your students? Describe why you find this topic relevant to teach in your future classroom. Why is it important knowledge/skills for students to have? How does it relate to other content areas (science, social studies, math, reading, writing, etc.)? This section must be proof read, clear, and well-articulated. G e n e r a l
15 points 5. Work Cited: Outline of all the resources/references used to prepare your project, APA format.
5 points 6. Review: A final project with a clear sustainability topic that has been proofread and thoroughly reviewed.