Past, Present, Future

 

As a pre-test to our integrated unit on Environmental Degradation, students were given the task of creating a past, present and future representation of the community they live in. 

Some of my students created wonderful work and drew very futuristic images of the future. One student drew the future as a bunch of tree stumps. She has used her prior knowledge of the environment and deforestation to project how human impact can negatively affect the future. This is what we were looking for. As only one student did this, it provided a starting point in teaching and finding out activities for the students. A post-test to this unit would be the same activity and hopefully more students will be able to apply their knowledge of human impact on the environment in their representations of our community in the future.

Integrated Unit - The Environment

Here is our massive Discovery Wall for our integrated unit on Environmental Sustainability:

The Lorax

During our unit on environmental sustainability, we read the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.

This story is a great way to connect environmental degradation to human impact.

After reading the story, students were to create a Before and After drawing of the story, showing the destruction that the Onceler caused.

Students in my class did an amazing job drawing Truffula trees and the Thneed factory.