Section outline

  • Kia ora...students and welcome to term 3.I hope you had an incredible winter break and now ready to kick start our learning.  This term you will be engaged with project work, where you will work as a team of 3. Your Context is Sustainable Goal No 15: Life on Land- where I will teach you topics that include Deforestation, Poaching, desertification The framework will include the 4 stages of learning ie Exploration of your topic, Focus on research and writing, Plan and Do an outcome and lastly a reflection of your terms work/topic. However, you have the flexibility, within your team to choose an UN sustainable Goal of your choice with as supporting topic. 

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    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • I have revised  and understood the  UN 17 Sustainable Goals 
    • I have an understanding of Goal 15: Life on Land.
    • As part of a  team, I have brainstormed a  UN Goal and topic  that I wish to explore and focus on
    • Read and understood the template to follow.

    Activities:

    1. Recap of the 17 UN Sustainable Goals- consider your previous learning during year 9 and 10 where topics relate to the UN Goals eg Child Labour, Racial Discrimination, Gender Inequalities, Poverty, Economic Discrepancies in both First and Third World Countries, Child Marriages, Child Soldiers, Refugees,  climate change, Pollution, Covid and Social-Economic  Divide, etc. See how each of these link to different UN Goals.un
    2. Introduction to Life on Land: Whilst this has been explored in year 8: ie Deforestation, Poaching and desertification, ect, the focus for this term is on the cause and effect of these problems globally.
    3. What does Life on Land mean to you with connections to the UN sustainable Goal. Brainstorm a few ideas. See video

    1. New York, 30 September—Recognizing that the continued deterioration and degradation of the world's natural ecosystems were having major impacts on the lives ...
      the United Nations · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · 23/02/2019
    2. Testing your prior knowledge:  By referring to the image here, each table will have an idea to explore in detail. You need to connect your idea to a country, possible causes and long term impacts this may bring not only to people, but also the economy and the environment.pic1
    3.  Also, offer solutions to this problem, based on the country you have chosen to explore: 
    4. Each tablet team must present their findings in a creative way to the class.
    5. Based your your discussions_ I will share with you further examples from around the world.eg Deforestation in The Amazon and the impact of the Indeginous tribes
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    Homework:
    Write here...