Having recently joined a new school community, I have been blessed to pass on the idea of the Eco Warriors unit to a colleague who studied, adapted and implemented it again but in a different context, with different students and within a different scale to what was done previously.
Over the course of a term, I have watched the same idea unfold differently. The stage was set and the planning was the same. A grid was set up and teams were created to start planning, designing and working on the collaborative project.
It was interesting that the same important lessons were learnt early on about scale and size relativity. This was not an intended learning outcome for the unit but in both contexts, a major learning obstacle to overcome early on in the project.
Students designed Eco buildings, roads, housing and community facilities similar to the ones done before. This city called the 'Township" had less of a city feel and more of a beach side town vibe....very reflective of the community the school serves.
I took pictures along the way to compare and reflect upon. This has been the most fascinating professional observations for me. The program, yet the same, offered such different opportunities, learning outcomes and conversations. However different, each implementation reached the objectives of the unit and saw students learning through application, by asking questions, making and producing work and challenging themselves as they overcame obstacles. What an incredible journey!
Over the course of a term, I have watched the same idea unfold differently. The stage was set and the planning was the same. A grid was set up and teams were created to start planning, designing and working on the collaborative project.
It was interesting that the same important lessons were learnt early on about scale and size relativity. This was not an intended learning outcome for the unit but in both contexts, a major learning obstacle to overcome early on in the project.
Students designed Eco buildings, roads, housing and community facilities similar to the ones done before. This city called the 'Township" had less of a city feel and more of a beach side town vibe....very reflective of the community the school serves.
I took pictures along the way to compare and reflect upon. This has been the most fascinating professional observations for me. The program, yet the same, offered such different opportunities, learning outcomes and conversations. However different, each implementation reached the objectives of the unit and saw students learning through application, by asking questions, making and producing work and challenging themselves as they overcame obstacles. What an incredible journey!