POLYTHENE:BAGS OF TROUBLE

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POLYTHENEBAGS OF TROUBLE

• BHAKTILATA SWAIN
• TGT Science
• JNV KHORDHA

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Unit Summary

• Students take the role of scientists ,they go for
  research on hazards of polythene.Collect
  information about the huge use of polythene and
  the consequences after its use.Polythene bags are
  amongst major contributor to environmental
  pollution and related hazards. They conduct an
  experiment on collecting polythene wrappers from
  the school campus everyday, for five days.
  Finally they get this conclusion that, we use
  more polythene than our amount of food. they
  convey this message to their friends in the
  school ,to the teachers parents. They create
  awareness among all the school campus

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CURRICULUM FRAMING QUESTION

• Essential Question
• Am I responsible?
• Unit Questions
• How can we minimize the use of polythene in my
  school campus?
• Content Questions
• What is polythene?
• What are effects of using polythene?
• How it contribute to environmental pollution?

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Vision For Unit

• By creating this unit, I want to
• Try out new methods to make environmental
  issues relevant to my students lives
• Think of ways to involve my students more in the
  community
• During this unit, I want my students to
• learn ways to connect environmental pollution
  problems to their daily lives
• Use technology to communicate with different
  audience

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Project Approaches

• As my students work on this project, they
• Establish a connection with environmental
  degradation and themselves
• Collaborate with peers and community members
• Create a product that shows what they have
  learned
• Share the learning with a real audience

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Request for Feedback

• Need innovative ways to help students understand
  the concept of environmental pollution by
  polythene keeping their interest alive
• Need help assessing students higher-order
  thinking skill