Shelburne Farms Sustainable Schools Project
Assignment( 1 ) Sustainability schools project
Braah al-trawneh
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic model for school improvement and civic engagement designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices.
Educating for Sustainability is learning that links knowledge, inquiry, and action to help students build a healthy future for their communities and the planet.
The Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic model for school improvement and civic engagement.
4 Cs
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project uses …show more content…
Below is a list of a big ideas we use to help frame curriculum, projects, and build student understanding.
Ability to make a difference: everyone has the ability to affect change or impact a system, community, self.
Change over time: all organisms/places/systems are constantly changing.
Community: all communities involve nested economic, environmental, and social systems. We need to understand the interconnections to come up with sustainable solutions.
Cycles: every organism/system goes through different stages.
Diversity: systems/places function because of variety.
Equilibrium: a state of balance.
Equity/Fairness: resources need to be shared to meet the needs of living things across places and generations.
Interdependence: all living things are connected. Every organism/system/place depends on others.
Limits: every system has a carrying …show more content…
In September, I began “Let’s Map,” a school-yard mapping and species identification project, and “Living Machine Stewards,” where students maintained the school’s Living Machine and increased the biodiversity of this model aquatic ecosystem. In the winter, students in the “For the Birds!” program created a bird viewing and feeding station.
ts an example of sustainable developmwnt because it It aims to raise the level of environmental awareness among teachers and students in schools through many positive environmental practices aimed at preserving the environment and saving water and energy and reduce waste and prevent the spread of environmental pollution and increase green space in and around schools and In my opinion it’s a excellent way for teaching Freely and without
Braah al-trawneh
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic model for school improvement and civic engagement designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices.
Educating for Sustainability is learning that links knowledge, inquiry, and action to help students build a healthy future for their communities and the planet.
The Sustainable Schools Project is a dynamic model for school improvement and civic engagement.
4 Cs
Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project uses …show more content…
Below is a list of a big ideas we use to help frame curriculum, projects, and build student understanding.
Ability to make a difference: everyone has the ability to affect change or impact a system, community, self.
Change over time: all organisms/places/systems are constantly changing.
Community: all communities involve nested economic, environmental, and social systems. We need to understand the interconnections to come up with sustainable solutions.
Cycles: every organism/system goes through different stages.
Diversity: systems/places function because of variety.
Equilibrium: a state of balance.
Equity/Fairness: resources need to be shared to meet the needs of living things across places and generations.
Interdependence: all living things are connected. Every organism/system/place depends on others.
Limits: every system has a carrying …show more content…
In September, I began “Let’s Map,” a school-yard mapping and species identification project, and “Living Machine Stewards,” where students maintained the school’s Living Machine and increased the biodiversity of this model aquatic ecosystem. In the winter, students in the “For the Birds!” program created a bird viewing and feeding station.
ts an example of sustainable developmwnt because it It aims to raise the level of environmental awareness among teachers and students in schools through many positive environmental practices aimed at preserving the environment and saving water and energy and reduce waste and prevent the spread of environmental pollution and increase green space in and around schools and In my opinion it’s a excellent way for teaching Freely and without