Submitted by: Amanda Cook
School: Henrico High School
Summary
Students performed teacher-led digital research into the concept and aspects of recycling. After the research phase, they created individual outlines and demonstrated knowledge in a variety of ways based on the individual students’ ability level. In one example, students sorted trash to learn which items were recyclable or compostable and which were trash that would be sent to a landfill. Students were then asked the question: “What can you do in order to promote recycling?” Students decided to create a marketing campaign to promote recycling on the campus. They then covered recycling boxes and placed them around campus to encourage recycling. Students collaborated to come up with three school recycling slogans which were voted on school-wide. To raise community awareness, students mailed letters home to parents informing them about the initiative and asked parents to send in recyclable goods to make a school recycling mascot. Our final project was to take all of the recyclable goods collected and sent in and construct a person out of the recyclable goods, we dressed her in a Henrico High School t-shirt and displayed her in the main office to promote the idea of recycling throughout campus and the community. This lesson was completed with high school students with intellectual disabilities.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson falls into the entry level research and information fluency. Students used digital resources including websites, Read Out Loud, and the Promethean Board to perform teacher-led research into recycling.
This lesson falls into the low approaching level of communication and collaboration. Students collaborated in groups to carry out tasks, create products and author recycling slogans to be used at Henrico High School. The definition of the role depended on the intellectual disability of each student. They also communicated with the community at large sending letters out informing them of the initiative and requesting support for the project. The community collaborated by sending in recyclables that were used to create the school mascot.
This lesson falls into the developing level of critical thinking and problem solving. Students used digital tools to gain information about a concept and answered an open-ended question about that concept. During the process they developed their own questions about the concept of recycling which led them to create the original marketing campaign.
This lesson falls in the developing level of creativity and innovation. Students responded to the open-ended question: “What can you do in order to promote recycling?” by launching a full scale, school-wide campaign to raise awareness about recycling They created an original school mascot, adopted a slogan, and placed recycling containers around the school.
Student Artifact
Recycle!!! from HCPS Instructional Technology on Vimeo.
