sustainability

In this Project Based Learning unit, students are asked to answer the question, “Is nuclear energy sustainable?” First, students are introduced to their task through an entry event in which they are given a brief introduction to the nuclear energy controversy and are told they will be writing an...

In this task, students will answer the essential question: How can humans best balance our own interests and needs with the health of the environment? Students will understand how humans impact the sustainability of the Earth, how humans can effect change through individual actions, and learn...

Students will write or film a response discussing their relationship with the environment, how they view sustainability, and how their background and experiences brought them to those views. Students have the option (but are not required) to discuss these topics with a family member as part of...

This paper offers a retrospective research study of performance assessment initiatives beginning in the 1990s up to today.  The study addresses three specific questions: 

• What were the conditions that helped sustain some of the programs? 

• What were the challenges that led to...

The student is a city utility engineer tasked to research the depletion of coal and a possible viable resource replacement option that they will then present to the city council (e.g. oral, Power Point, Prezi, debate, etc.). They must identify the potential impacts once it is depleted and the...

Students will write or film a response discussing their relationship with the environment, how they view sustainability, and how their background and experiences brought them to those views. Students have the option (but are not required) to discuss these topics with a family member as part of...