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Sustainable Saturdays: Ecotourism - 2-Week Project Course
Shiminly
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(43)
In this topical and innovative 2-part project, your learner will explore aspects of tourism and its effects on communities and nature. They will create their own travel itinerary that preserves and supports locals and the environment.
Class experience
US Grade 11 - 12
Advanced Level
Our mission is to give students the tools they need to become Global Citizens of the 21st Century. We help shape resilient, confident, and empathetic individuals, who will be equipped with practical life skills integrated with academics, to ensure success in the real world, beyond their school careers. We use inquiry-based methodologies to encourage our learners to develop sharp, critical, and sensitive minds. This course is a special two-part project course which will run over two...
For each of our projects, we curate a set of Core Skills, Subskills, Academic Skills, and our own Shiminly Skills that learners will develop. For this particular project, the skillset is as follows: Core Skill: Global Citizenship Subskills: Environmentalism, Exploration, and Innovation Academic Skills: Identifying opportunities for change, planning and organizing, and sustainability in practice Shiminly Skills: Collaboration, respect for the environment, understanding actions and consequences
Mr. Justin Erkess is an enlightening and inspiring educator and a true global citizen. He has over 20 years’ experience traveling the world and educating learners of all countries, cultures, and creeds. He specializes in environmental education and mindfulness and has helped countless learners get involved and make a positive impact on their communities and natural surroundings. He has also worked to establish working relationships between establishments such as supermarkets, farmers, food banks, schools, and religious institutions to build a healthier and more sustainable future for his community. Mr. Erkess holds an honors degree in Geography and Social Sciences. He is also TESOL-certified. As well as an enriching professional career, Mr. Erkess has also led a life full of travel and culture. He is passionate about language learning and is conversational in Spanish and Russian. He is currently studying Usbek. In addition, he has spent years discovering the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of the Chinese art of kung fu. Mr. Erkess is a firm believer in creating deep and meaningful connections between communities, cultures, and nature.
Homework Offered
Learners will be expected to complete their project task in their own time in between Project Day 1 and Project Day 2. Learners may also be assigned a homework task related to the lesson. However, this task is for their own edification and is not mandatory.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Learners will be provided with verbal feedback by the facilitator leading the session on; how well they executed the assignment, how they have developed the target skills, and how the learner can continue to develop what they have taken from the session.Grades Offered
To participate fully in our sessions, learners require; a pencil, an eraser, a notebook, and internet access for research purposes.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
We are committed to protecting your child’s privacy and protecting them from harmful or inappropriate content. We use Canvas LMS to store and display content only using the screen share feature on Zoom. Learners are NOT required to make an account with Canvas and will not be able to interact with the content in any way, nor are they permitted to view any of our content outside of class hours. Learners WILL be required to have a Google Suite account, as they may have to digitally submit an assignment to our facilitator using Google Docs, Google Slides, or Google Drive. We ask that parents create a dedicated and anonymous email account for the sole use of online task submission. Our facilitators will ensure to protect all personal information of learners. Our facilitators ONLY show content that has been created and reviewed by our instructional design team. We design static slides using PowerPoint and Articulate Storyline. In addition, please find a list of our external sources, which we embed onto our Canvas pages and display through screen-share only: Wordwall (https://wordwall.net/) - All of our Wordwall games are built in-house by our instructional design team. We do not use games that have not been built by a Shiminly instructional designer. These games are displayed through the screen-share feature only and learners are not permitted to interact with the games in any way. Baamboozle (https://www.baamboozle.com/games) - All of our Baamboozle games are built in-house by our instructional design team. We do not use games that have not been built by a Shiminly instructional designer. These games are displayed through the screen-share feature only and learners are not permitted to interact with the games in any way. Regarding the class topic, some content may be triggering for learners (e.g., emotions, finance, health). Such content will be approached with the utmost care and respect by our facilitators. Any questions asked during the lesson are preset and generalized and do not pertain directly to the learners. Learners will not be asked to share any of their personal experience related to this topic. Advice provided in the lesson is specific to the topic and not personalized. This class should not be viewed as a substitute for therapy or life counseling in any way.
Source 1: https://www.dosomething.org/us/articles/5-ways-tourism-can-have-a-negative-impact, Source 2: https://youtu.be/jQgokXToizA Source 3: https://www.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/what-is-ecotourism-meaning-examples-pros-and-cons-006737.html Source 4: https://greentumble.com/environmental-impacts-of-tourism
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Group Class
$45
for 2 classes1x per week, 2 weeks
60 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 16-18
1-12 learners per class
