The Tikkun Project
About this unit
Students practice being Shomrei Adamah, Stewards of the Earth, as they conduct in-school research on waste and water management practices in order to determine effective strategies to create a more sustainable learning environment. Students transform a water-cycle diagram into an ANT (Actor-Network Theory) map to explore the relationships between the living and non-living things in the environment. Students partner with a local environmental agency to perform much-needed habitat restoration work.
critical challenge
Students will create, implement, and reflect on an action plan to help improve the school's use of natural resources to ensure the well-being of the environment and of others. After assessing the success of their plan, they will present their findings to other people in the school community.
critical challenge Criteria
- • Has a measurable positive impact on individuals, communities, or the environment (changes
• in attitude, behaviour, or impact on a problem)
• The impact of the action is long-lasting, or the action can be sustained over time
• The action plan is feasible for students to accomplish
Unit Goals
Curriculum Connections
- What are the three most important reasons for acting to protect the water?
Students consider the many ways that we use water and why we would say that it is important to protect and conserve water.
What does it mean to be a Shomer Adamah?
Students compare the actions of people who are positive role models of stewards of the earth and define what it means to be a Shomer Adamah.
What are the elements of a successful action plan?
Students make connections between the ways we use water and effective strategies to use water more wisely, to create and implement a feasible action plan.