the island challenge rob greenberg chapel hill high school
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THE ISLAND CHALLENGE Rob Greenberg Chapel Hill High School. rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com. [email protected]. A multidisciplinary endeavor that provides opportunities for collaboration, critical and creative thinking and sharing Knowledge with the community. COACHING STUDENTS - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE ISLAND CHALLENGE
Rob GreenbergChapel Hill High School
rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com
A multidisciplinary endeavor that provides opportunities for
collaboration, critical and creative thinking and sharingKnowledge with the
community
COACHING STUDENTS• cooperative team• engage in ongoing discussions• problem-solving • critical thinking • address important concepts and issues.• use imagination• develop an understanding of the concept
of sustainability and its applications in many areas of life.
• possible course of study in college
TIME COMMITMENT:
requires some work during lunch, before school or after school - class time alone might not be enough to achieve excellence, which is your goal.
Regular communication with group members is important
ENGAGED IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES
Land use and managementRenewable energyCivil Engineering
ArchitectureLandscape design
TransportationAgriculture
CartographyConservation
LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design)
decision-making based on real geologic, hydrologic, weather, climate and ocean data
using human history to guide decisions (i.e. “Collapse” by Jared Diamond)
PROVIDED BY TEACHER:
• entire project can be viewed from web site• bound hard copies of entire project including rubrics in classroom• links to useful web sites for each “category”• paper for large maps• scheduled guest presenters• organizational system for safe storage completed “benchmarks”
• “limited” class set of drawing supplies
EACH GROUP PROVIDES ITS OWN:
• drawing kit (markers, pens, colored pencils, erasers, templates, etc.)
• tri-fold display board
PRESENT PROJECT TO COMMUNITY AT EARTH DAY EVENT IN APRIL
engage the general public in a talk about your island using visuals:
• tri-fold display board (with final copies of research posted)• small topographic map of natural island• large detailed map of your developed island• detailed map key• three-dimensional model that demonstrates “green design”• restaurant or diner menu featuring locally-grown foods
START-UP
• Students will work in cooperative groups of three to four. • Each group will have one student who at the very least is a fair to good “artist.”• Each group chooses their top five choices from the list of world’s islands. Your group will be assigned one of your five choices *
•* this is where I am at right now!!
NORTH ATLANTIC SOUTH ATLANTIC
Azores Falkland IslandsCanary Islands AscensionCape Breton Islands St. HelenaFaeroe Islands Tristan de CuhnaMadeira Islands South Sandwich IslandsShetland Islands South GeorgiaChannel Islands (in English Channel)Svalbard
CARRIBBEAN SEA MEDITTERANEAN SEABahamas Balearic Islands (Mallorca)Cayman Islands Aegean Sea IslandsTrinidad Aeolian IslandsMartinique MaltaGuadeloupe PanteleriaGrenadaVirgin Islands SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANAntigua Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)St. Thomas Pitcairn IslandSt. Croix Galapagos Islands
INDIAN OCEAN OCEANIAMaldives FijiSeychelles TahitiMauritius SamoaChristmas Island Cook IslandAndaman & Nicobar Islands Tonga IslandsChagos Archipelago TahitiTimor New CaledoniaComoros Soloman IslandsMollucas French Polynesia JavaSumatra
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Marshall IslandsPhillipinesJapan (smaller islands – not main island)MicronesiaNorthern Mariana IslandsQueen Charlotte IslandsAleutian IslandsIsla SocorroIsla Maria MadreMagdelenaClofasChannel Islands (off California coast)
SEEDS OF
THEISLANDCHALLENGE
EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA
Sandbox Geoscience
Paradise Project
Barrier Island Project
Island Project *2.0
Island Project *XP“Island Challenge”
.
The Roots of
the Island
Project
CONTENT TAUGHT IN PREPARATION
Topography and topographic mapsLandform features
Plate tectonicsGeology and geologic history
Weather and climateOceanography
HydrologyNatural resources
TASA program on a set of Imac computers in our school has an
excellent interactive program for topographic maps
Google SketchUp