Tag: Scientific Inquiry
Temporary Sanctuary
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Lesson focuses on students learning about how sustainability, biomimicry, and architecture can work together to create innovative and feasible housing solutions for those in need. Students will need to collect information on the complications that people encounter when faced with not having shelter, where are some of the most resource deprived areas of the world, and what energy conservation technologies exist that can supplement the function of a shelter to provide adequate living conditions.
Riparian Zone Replacement Design
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
The students will explore the causes and effects of erosion and how a healthy riparian zone can work. They will test water health based on the aquatic insects they find and compare their water health findings to how the waterway has been eroding. They will develop a testable replacement riparian zone model based on their research and develop a real-world implementation based upon their designs.
Go With the Flow
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Lesson focuses on students creating a working model of an ecological concept, the River Continuum Concept and demonstrating how human impacts change insect ecology. Students design a working model that shows river flow and compares and contrasts a natural ecosystem with a human-impacted one and how that relates to insect diversity in an area.
