Introduction to assess students’ knowledge and activities they currently do relating to the environment (recycling, outdoor activities, etc.). This provides a baseline measure before students start the curriculum and then introduces students to what they will learn throughout the school year.
Goals
- Provide a baseline measure for which to later evaluate what students learn in Project Niu
- Students will gain an understanding that, as an individual and as a member of a community, they can make choices that will lessen their impact on the environment.
- Students will get an overview of what they will learn throughout the school year.
Objectives
- Students will write a short statement describing what they think about the importance of protecting the environment.
- Provide will answer questions that indicate what they and their families currently do as far as environmentally sustainable practices (recycling, cloth grocery bags, hybrid cars, etc.)
- Students will answer questions that assess what they know about various products and practices in terms how good or bad they are in relation to the environment.
- Resources & Websites
- Questionnaire and entry quiz to assess students’ knowledge and their personal activities