Teaching Episode

As the teacher of a year 9 Ecology class, I will be setting my students an assignment task.

In class the students have been learning about environmental issues and impacts of erosion, salinity, water flow, water quality and wildlife. To support and develop the student's understanding of these issues, the class will be taken on a field trip to the Molonglo River Corridor, where they will be asked to identify and assess the environmental damage in the area.

The students will be utilizing mobile learning. Working in small groups, they will be provided with a digital camera and asked to show evidence of 2 examples of environmental change in the area. This may be shown as one or a series of pictures, or it may be shown as a short video.

The students will then be given 3 lessons in the computer lab to set up their own individual blog page, upload their pictures or video and reflect on their findings. They are to write 2 entries (one for each example), and should answer the following questions:
-What type of environmental change has occurred?
-What is the cause of this change?
-What further impact will this change have on the area ?
-How could this change have been prevented?

After submission of all the assignments, the students will then be required to read 2 of their peers blog sites and give a brief comment on their findings.