OpenSciEd Unit 7.5 · Lesson 17 · 17.A
Look for: Revised criteria about people that address di…
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Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
17.A Refine criteria and constraints for designing a better way to use the land to increase precision and to take into account the potential impacts and the ways in which potential solutions are limited by the natural environment.
What to look / listen for
- Revised criteria about people that address disruptions that affect people (disease, drought, fire, market prices) and solutions they learned about to minimize the disruption (diversifying farms).
- Revised criteria about orangutans that include ideas about resource availability and biodiversity supporting orangutan populations.
- Some potential design solutions work well for the people and the orangutans but are not realistic due to land-use changes and time.
What to do
If students struggle to see what kinds of changes may be realistic for the land, use a local example to think about the changes that might be possible. Ask students to think about a park, forest, or farm near your school or in your community. Ask, What would it take to change the [park, forest, or farm] into a [park, forest, or farm]. Help students think about the kinds of trees that would need to be cut down, the trees or crops that would need to be planted, and the amount of time and money the process would take. Then apply the thinking to the land in Indonesia.