EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE LIVING: INTEGRATING LANGUAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Introduction

"Exploring Sustainable Living: Integrating Language and Environmental Science" focuses on the importance of sustainability and its integration across language and environmental science disciplines. Sustainable living refers to the practice of making choices that minimize harm to the environment, promote social well-being, and ensure long-term economic viability.

In this unit, you will delve into the concept of sustainability, exploring its different dimensions and understanding how their actions can contribute to a more sustainable future. You will develop knowledge and skills related to environmental conservation, renewable energy, waste reduction, and responsible consumption.

Through an integrated approach, you are expected to enhance your language skills but also gain a deeper understanding of environmental science concepts and practical applications. You will explore the interconnectedness between human actions and the natural world, fostering an appreciation for the delicate balance required to achieve sustainable living.

There are several steps in order for you to create your sustainability journey. You can find all of these steps on the page labled task!

Good luck and happy webquesting!

citation: Learn About Sustainability. (2016, February 26). Retrieved March 29, 2016, from https://www.epa.gov/sustainability/learn-about-sustainability#what

Watch the video to know more about sustainability.

https://youtu.be/bn8R_XqjjI0

https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/what-is-sustainability/

Task

Activity: Sustainable Living Video Reflection.

This activity is based on the material which you must have reviewed in the introduction.

Note-taking materials (paper, pencils, or digital devices)

In Groups of 4, You are expected to choose an aspect of sustainable living (energy conservation, recycling, water usage) to focus on.

In your groups, you need to research and create a poster of the various challenges and benefits of sustainable living practices, clearly stating how these challenges can be contained or reduced.

From your poster, prepare a short presentation summarizing your findings in the form of a video or PowerPoint presentation.

You are expected to include practical examples, personal experiences, and ideas for implementing sustainable practices in our daily lives.

The video should be properly introduced, sequenced and should be followed by some time for Q&A.

Process

YOUR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS

STEP 1: Create your group of 4 students.

chose a topic for research on based on any aspect of sustainable living (e.g., energy conservation, recycling, water usage).

Initial Discussion: Evaluate your prior knowledge on sustainability in relation to the aspect you have selected. Focus on answering the following questions;

What dis sustainable living all about? Write your own definition!
What are some ways you can be more sustainable?
What does sustainability look like in our world, at home, in our community?
How can you focus on an aspect of sustainability to become more sustainable?

Watch the video to have more ideas:

https://youtu.be/gTamnlXbgqc

Group Research........

STEP 2: Meet with your group and share ideas on your individual learnings. Now you can assign specific tasks and plan on your first poster draft.

CONTINUE GROUP RESEARCH......

STEP 3: Meet with your group and analyze the poster, come up with more ideas on what to include in your poster. Make a second draft of the poster and conclude on it.

STEP 4: Chose what type of presentation you would like to give to the class (video or PPT).

Come up with a plan on starting your video presentation, you can use canvas for your video (https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canva.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw2yF8f5zKemePq_-iE33et5). If you decide on doing a Powerpoint presentation, you are expected to use Google slides for this (https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/).

STEP 5: Formulate ideas about what information you would like to include in the presentation or video! Make sure you think about what is required! Gather information to present to the class, start creating the first draft of your video or presentation.

CONTINUE GROUP RESEARCH

STEP 6: Complete your presentation or video, when all group members are happy with the presentation or video, go over it again and make sure to include the key ideas and terminologies.

STEP 7:

PRESENTATION DAY!

A discussion on sustainable living will be opened by the teacher, each group will be given a chance to share their project with the class.

After watching the group presentations, we will allow a short time for Q&A.

At the end, you will have time to reflect on each groups presentation and respond to some questions.

What are your general reflections?

How can we become more sustainable?

Evaluation

EVALUATION

This is the rubrics to show you how you will be evaluated for your final presentation project! Do your best everyone! I know you will do a great job if you all work together! Also, the rubric for assessing your team work is attached.

Also, you will need to complete the socrative quiz as part of your assessment.

https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/72149724 

Watch the video to assess yourself so far on the lesson.

Complete the multiple choice questions in the video, Chose a topic for your individual task project at the end of the video (https://edpuzzle.com/media/646ca2a76f12a1428fde8c45 ).

REQUIRED ELEMENTS	CRITERIAS
	Excellent (4)	Good (3)	Fair (2)	Needs Improvement (1)
Knowledge Demonstrates a solid understanding of the topic.
Skills Applies skills effectively with minor errors.
Critical Thinking Demonstrates logical, exceptional and coherent critical thinking skills with minor gaps or significant errors.
Communication Communicates ideas and information clearly and effectively with clarity and with effectiveness.
Collaboration Actively participates and contributes effectively to group work.
Additional Comments

This is how your teamwork will be assessed.

Sustainability Rubric 2 (Team work)
	Benchmark	Milestones	Milestones	Capstone	Score/level
Contributes to Team Meetings	Shares ideas but does not advance the work of the group.	Offers new suggestions to advance the work of the group.	Offers alternative solutions or courses of action that build on the ideas of others.	Helps the team move forward by articulating the merits of alternative ideas or proposals.
Facilitates the Contributions of Team Members	Engages team members by taking turns and listening to others without interrupting.	Engages team members in ways that facilitate their contributions to meetings by restating the views of other team members and/or asking questions for clarification.	Engages team members in ways that facilitate their contributions to meetings by constructively building upon or synthesizing the contributions of others.	Engages team members in ways that facilitate their contributions to meetings by both constructively building upon or synthesizing the contributions of others as well as noticing when someone is not participating and inviting them to engage.
Individual Contributions Outside of Team Meetings	Completes all assigned tasks by deadline.	Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; work accomplished advances the project.	Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; work accomplished is thorough, comprehensive, and advances the project.	Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; work accomplished is thorough, comprehensive, and advances the project. Proactively helps other team members complete their assigned tasks to a similar level of excellence.
Fosters Constructive Team Climate	Supports a constructive team climate by doing any one of the following: • Treats team members respectfully by being polite and constructive in communication. • Uses positive vocal or written tone, facial expressions, and/or body language to convey a positive attitude about the team and its work. • Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task and the team's ability to accomplish it. • Provides assistance and/or encouragement to team members.	Supports a constructive team climate by doing any two of the following: • Treats team members respectfully by being polite and constructive in communication. • Uses positive vocal or written tone, facial expressions, and/or body language to convey a positive attitude about the team and its work. • Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task and the team's ability to accomplish it. • Provides assistance and/or encouragement to team members.	Supports a constructive team climate by doing any three of the following: • Treats team members respectfully by being polite and constructive in communication. • Uses positive vocal or written tone, facial expressions, and/or body language to convey a positive attitude about the team and its work. • Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task and the team's ability to accomplish it. • Provides assistance and/or encouragement to team members.	Supports a constructive team climate by doing all of the following: • Treats team members respectfully by being polite and constructive in communication. • Uses positive vocal or written tone, facial expressions, and/or body language to convey a positive attitude about the team and its work. • Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task and the team's ability to accomplish it. • Provides assistance and/or encouragement to team members.
Responds to Conflict	Passively accepts alternate viewpoints/ideas/opinions.	Redirecting focus toward common ground, toward task at hand (away from conflict).	Identifies and acknowledges conflict and stays engaged with it.	Addresses destructive conflict directly and constructively, helping to manage/resolve it in a way that strengthens overall team cohesiveness and future effectiveness.

GROUP WORK GRADING CRITERIA

	1	2	3	4	Score/Level
Mechanics	Text contains many spelling/grammar errors. Sentences seem disconnected, and there is carelessness throughout.	Text contains some spelling/grammar errors. Little logical structure or flow to sentences. Evidence of carelessness in writing.	Grammar and spelling are nearly flawless. Logical sequence apparent. Some wording is careless. Inconsistency in style.	Grammar and spelling are flawless and the flow provides a logical pathway of ideas. Consistent and engaging style throughout.
Graphics	Images do not connect to text and/or are not relevant.	Images are not always relevant. Text citations are not always present and do not connect to images.	Images are mostly relevant. Text citations are usually present and identify the images.	Images are relevant, and complement the text. Each image is cited in the text and identified. The number of images is appropriate.
Planning	Poster is incomplete. Little or no details about graphics, content, formatting, or effects are provided.	Poster lacks some important details about graphics, content, formatting, and effects.	Poster is mostly complete. Includes many important details about graphics, content, formatting, and effects.	Poster is complete. All necessary information about graphics, content, formatting, and effects is included.
Content	Information is cursory or incorrect. Little understanding of content is evident from presentation.	Some solid information presented; however, some information is incorrect or cursory.	Information is clear and correct throughout most of presentation.	Information is well presented, clear, and correct throughout.