Polar Bears in a Changing Climate Julene Reed Director of Academic Technology St. Georges Independent School Collierville, Tennessee Apple Distinguished Educator Google Certified Teacher/Administrator STAR Discovery Educator

Curricular and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Focus on Authentic, Real–World Problems Teachers Learn with Students 24/7 Access to Information and Resources Action–Based with Solutions (Local/Global) With Technology, Students Create/Publish to a Global Audience

Curricular and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Focus on Authentic, Real–World Problems Teachers Learn with Students 24/7 Access to Information and Resources Action–Based with Solutions (Local/Global) With Technology, Students Create/Publish to a Global Audience

Curricular and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Focus on Authentic, Real–World Problems Teachers Learn with Students 24/7 Access to Information and Resources Action–Based with Solutions (Local/Global) With Technology, Students Create/Publish to a Global Audience

Curricular and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Focus on Authentic, Real–World Problems Teachers Learn with Students 24/7 Access to Information and Resources Action–Based with Solutions (Local/Global) With Technology, Students Create/Publish to a Global Audience

The Changing Climate Big Idea

How does climate change impact animal habitats and their environment? How do our actions impact the world? Essential Questions

Related Challenges: Challenge One: Raise awareness about the effects of climate changeon polar bear habitat (and the polar bears). Challenge Two: Reduce your carbon footprint either at home, at school, or in your community.

Guiding Questions Students generate guiding questions related to the challenge (and the big idea and essential question). These questions will guide their activities, resource utilization, solutions, and action plans.

Guiding Activities and Resources Students conduct research related to the guiding questions. Students conduct related or necessary experiments and investigations. Students contact experts to further investigate their guiding questions and collaboratively determine solutions and action plans.

Sample Questions What are some sources of CO2? How does CO2 cause the earth to warm? What is happening to polar bear habitat, and why is it happening? How are polar bears being affected? What changes have been observed? What are some things people are doing to reduce their carbon footprint?

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Assessment Ongoing Dynamic Process Student Involvement Online Rubric Resources Presentation to Peers Reflection (oral or written)

Local or Global Actions

Solutions Creative Solutions Student–designed Technology Utilization to Publish to Global Audience

Publishing with Technology

Address the NETS S Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Digital Citizenship

Polar Bears in a Changing Climate Julene Reed Director of Academic Technology St. Georges Independent School Collierville, Tennessee Apple Distinguished Educator Google Certified Teacher/Administrator STAR Discovery Educator