永續星期六：氣候變遷的歷史 - 兩部分專案課程

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 consecutive Saturdays. 

Project Day 1:

On the first Saturday, your learner will be presented with evidence of a warming climate and prompted to explain the causes through inquiry-based methods and critical thinking. They will then analyze and discuss data that shows the role of human activities in climate change. Finally, they will be assigned a time period and its contribution to climate change, such as the First Industrial Revolution, the Post WWll Era, or the Gen Alpha Era. 

For their project task, which should be done in their own time in preparation for Project Day 2, they will be asked to carry out research which answers the five W- questions. For example: Who contributed to climate change? What happened to contribute to climate change? What was done to combat climate change? When (what year) did these events occur? Where specifically did these events occur? Why did these events occur? (e.g., industrial development, transportation developments, deforestation for housing, etc.


Project Day 2:

On the second Saturday, learners will begin by recapping on what they learned in the previous lesson regarding the causes and effects of climate change. They will then present their findings on the time period they were assigned to the rest of the class. After presenting, your learner will then carry out a short self-evaluation answering questions, such as; what they learned throughout the project, how the project helped them develop research and critical thinking skills, and how learning about the history of climate change can help us safeguard our future on this planet. 

Finally, the teacher will provide each learner with constructive feedback on how they performed with respect to our 7 Shiminly Core Skills; Critical Thinking, Motivation and Exploration, Emotional Intelligence, Global Citizenship, Creativity and Innovation, Teamwork and Communication, and Self-Awareness and Adaptability. 

Project Day 1: Saturday November 11, 2023
Project Day 2: Saturday November 18, 2023

Project Day 1: Saturday November 25, 2023
Project Day 2: Saturday December 2, 2023

Project Day 1: Saturday December 9, 2023
Project Day 2: Saturday December 16, 2023

Project Day 1: Saturday January 6, 2024
Project Day 2: Saturday January 13, 2024

Project Day 1: Saturday January 20, 2024
Project Day 2: Saturday January 27, 2024

General Class Structure:
Each of our lessons is separated into distinct sections. After being welcomed to the class, learners will be introduced to the topic through a game or warm up activity (5-10 minutes). They will then have their existing knowledge on the topic tested with various inquiry-based questioning techniques. After, our facilitators will present them with pertinent information on the topic and the main class task (10-15 minutes). The facilitator will then present the main task, which will predominantly be student-led. During this time, students will be creating, innovating, or solving a problem while the facilitator guides them (20-25 minutes). Learners will then have the opportunity to present their class work. They will give and receive feedback from each other as well as from the facilitator (10 minutes). Before finishing the class, learners will complete a short Exit Ticket to solidify their takeaways from the class experience (5 minutes).

Materials:
The facilitator will share all of our content built on Canvas LMS. We use this for display purposes only and learners are not required to create an account. To make our content engaging, we diversify our delivery methods as much as possible. Our content includes static slides with text and images built on Microsoft Powerpoint, educational videos from YouTube, online games built on platforms such as Wordwall and Baamboozle, and interactive builds developed on Articulate Storyline. Our content is well-researched and referenced in every lesson, as it is all strictly factual, objective, and secular. We only use images and YouTube videos that fall under the Creative Commons license. Each of our lessons is also matched with a selection of Common Core and CPalms standards and is inspired by a variety of UNESCO key topics.