Students will research the correlation between the population and pollution of India and present possible solutions in a PowerPoint. Students will use persuasive writing techniques to argue for some of the solutions they have identified. Students will also be encouraged to look at population trends globally.
Students will use information obtained from all their core classes to develop a creative PowerPoint. Students will be challenged to think critically and problem-solve to create a solution to a real-world problem.
Using the information gathered in science class, students will identify three possible solutions to the pollution problem in India (checkpoint #1). They will then each draft a short persuasive essay arguing for one of these solutions and another short essay using emotional appeal to defend a second solution (checkpoint #2). Students will each choose one of their arguments to include in the final presentation.
Students will be introduced to the eight vocabulary words necessary for the integrated project. Each student will learn the Frayer Model for vocabulary development (checkpoint #1). Students will read a Time Magazine Article titled " Going Green, One School at a Time. " Once they have completed the article, students will work in groups to come up with ways that would suggest to our administration on how we can go green at Krueger. Then each student will have to write an essay on which suggestion they like the most and why (checkpoint#2)
Students will label city maps identifying pollution sources. Students will complete a map for Kolkatta for Checkpoint # 1. Checkpoint # 2 will require students to complete a map for New Delhi. For the final project, both maps will be included PowerPoint presentation.
Students will create line graphs that represent the increase in world population and India’s population during the period of 1900-2000 (checkpoint #1). Students will then create line graphs that represent the increase in the world’s pollution and India’s pollution during the period of 1900-2000 (checkpoint #2). For the final project, both graphs will be included in the PowerPoint presentation.
Using the internet and other media resources, students will gather information and statistics on air pollution and population rates of India. (Students will research population growth over a hundred year period (Checkpoint # 1). Students will research pollution over the same hundred year period (Checkpoint # 2). For the final PowerPoint, students will incorporate population and pollution facts into their PowerPoint.
Students will create a PowerPoint presentation identifying solutions to air pollution problems. Students will follow design guidelines for creating a PowerPoint and will include visual images, text and audio appropriate to their topic. Students will learn to record sound and insert it into the PowerPoint (Checkpoint # 1). Students will use Microsoft Excel to create a line graph comparing population and pollution (Checkpoint # 2).