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 * Project Based Learning - Humanities **


 * Part A**: Describe the physical and human characteristics of a country or region.

or Identify and environmental issue and its physical and human impact (4.25 - At the expected level) or Investigate an environmental issue and its effects on the population and the policies put into place to manage the issue (4.50 - Above expected level). or Investigate an environmental issue and the policies to manage the issue and evaluate the success of the action taken (4.75 - well above the expected level).
 * Part B**: Report on ways which people protect the environment (4.0 - Below expected level)

Make this project as real as possible. If you have a connection to or a fascination with a certain country then you might choose that country. What country have you always wanted to visit? Maybe you have come across a country in a book you have read or heard about a place in the news that you would like to know more about. If you were an exchange student where would you like to go?

If you are passionate about it then you may choose a region instead of a country. Maybe the environmental issue you investigate is an issue that run across several countries.The Amazon basin is shared by many countries, Antarctica is a continent but not a country, South-East Asia is our neighbourhood, the Scandinavian States have many similarities, The Sahara Desert spreads across the Northern part of Africa ...etc.


 * How** you present your learning should depend on your favoured intelligence. Undertake the multiple intelligence quiz on page 16 and 17of your planner. Fill out your own score and complete the sentence starters on page 18. Now use the chart to understand a little more about your strongest intelligence. Look at a list of learning activities that suit your intelligence on the multiple Intelligence page under Connect on the wiki. The suggested activities may help you decide HOW you are going to present your Project Based Learning.

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Think about creating a story. We could learn about your country and an environmental issue through the eyes of a person your own age. The narrative could be written, drawn, spoken, acted, filmed, put into lyrics, made into a model, put into a computer game etc. Follow your PASSION when it comes to sorting out HOW you present your project.======

Individual projects will be presented to your peers, parents and other staff at Kyabram P-12 College at a special presentation evening. This will happen during Week 4 in Studio M.

Assessment – The project will be self assessed and assessed by your peers. Your teacher will assess 3 pages in your Humanities book.


 * Page 1**. A journal page. Rule up the page with the heading Project Jounal. You will enter a weekly journal about how your project is been going. Date each entry. The final entry will be a reflection about how your presentation went, what you liked about theproject and what you would do differently next time.
 * Page 2.** An organising page. Rule up the page with the heading Project Planning and Design. This is like your working out page where you plan your project and write notes to yourself about what ypu have to organising to get the job done.
 * Page 3.** A resources page. Rule up the page with a heading Project Resources. This where you keep a track of all resources that you use in your learning. eg books, websites, newspapers, interviews with people etc...

At the end of the project your Humanities teacher will take up your book to assess these three pages.

List of Envoronmental isues
[] [] Do your own search. Remember that a better project will not just be doom and gloom. Being positive about what is being done, what could be done about these issues is the best approach.

= Environmental Issues: Resource  = Library Resources Use this document to help direct you to useful resources located in the library and on the web.

[|Environmental Issues LSA Pathfinder.doc] = = = Web Resources  = 7 Environmental problems that are worse than we thought -this page also contains useful links to other pages. []

World Wildlife Fund -information on overfishing []

Earth Observatory -Contains some fantastic satellite images of natural hazards (Fires, severe storms, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, crops and drought & more) []

NSW department of education site on environmental issues  [] Australian Government Department of Education, has a theme page on environmental issues  [] How Hurricanes work []

How Stuff Works -Contains videos and articles on different issues and may be of some use to you [|http://www.howstuffworks.com]

Cyclone Tracy, Northern Territory []

Bureau of Meteorology -Tsunamis []

Kids Storm -Weather facts []

Web weather for kids []

The Age -Waves of destruction (information on tsunamis in Asia) []

BBC -Special reports, tsunami disasters []

Department of climate change []

Australian Bureau of Meterology -Severe weather events []

Australian Bureau of Meterology -Bushfire weather []

Bushfires clearly explained []

Bureau of Meterology (BOM) -Contains useful charts, maps and satellite images on weather related events. []

Bureau of Meterology -Rainfall and drought []

BBC -Extreme weather information (also contains information about climate change). []

Weather education (BOM) -Scroll down to view the weather related webpages to view web links about natural hazard.s []

Extreme weather profiles []

World in the balance -The affect of changing populations []

Population connection []

World population clock (what do you notice?) []

Australia population clock (what do you notice?) -Check out the related information for other facts and statistics about Australia []

Australian Bureau of Statistics, for geography students. []

Australian Bureau of Statistics, for students about the environment (human and natural) []

Geo Data Portal -Global Environmental Outlook (includes data and statistics in the form of maps, graphs, and charts about the environment) []

Chinas population []

World Food Program []

Drought disaster (information about droughts around the world) []

The Murray Darling Basin -Encyclopedia for kids []

The Murray Darling Basin Environmental issues page -check out the image gallery and useful links.  [] Rainforrests Action Network [] Tropical rainforests -why are they important, how do we save them? [] Learning about rainforrests [] Saving Gorillas [] Water conservation and more [] Our water, our future [] Melbourne Water [] Recycle Now [] Four Corners -Australians urban water crisis [] Water Aid (not everyone has access to clean and safe water! Check it out!) [] Department of Sustainability and Environment -information on Forrests [] Department of environment and natural resources - Sustainability education learning center []

Australian natural resources data library (data and statistics) []

ABC -Environment page []

FAQ's about the ozone layer []

National Geographic -Environment (contains information about a whole range of environmental issues) []

National Geographic Kids -Eye in the sky (contains images, videos and information about a range of environmental issues!) []

Tropical twisters, hurricanes []

Act 4 nature -a celebration of the international year of Biodiversity, aims to help Victorians make a world of difference h ttpwww.act4nature.org.au/

World wildlife foundation -conservation of animals, has a list of priority species. []

Endangered animals -scroll down. []

WWF on climate change and more (carbon, energy and climate and forrest loss) []

The Greenpeace site for Australia

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The Great Orangutan project []

Amphibian ark -Information about threatened amphibians []

Technology and the environment -Information about alternative energy sources []

Energy Star -Information on how to save energy [] []

Alternative energy news []

Energy sources []

Information on climate change -features webcasts, videos and information []

Global warming -Kids []

Global Climate Change []

Sea level and climate []

Discovery channel -explore by subject []

The WWF has a page on environmental issues in Australia. [|http://wwf.panda.org/who we are/wwf offices/australia/environmental problems in australia/]

Information on the Wilderness Society's current campaigns []

CSIRO -Scientific Research Organisation, contains a students page about environmental issues.

[] Gurdian.co.uk -contains an environment page that looks at a range of issues. []

Animal information about animals around the world. []

Animal Facts and illustrations -Information on endangered animals []

More Animal Facts! []

Red List of threatened species []

Reef education unit []

National Wildlife Federation -Information on a range of environmental issues []

Victorian Coastal Council []

Victorian State Emergency Service (SES) -Information on how to be safe in the event of a natural hazard []

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