Find links these downloadable icons our Table of Contents page. Educators Template Document - Example AGE RANGE: Age of the learners SUBJECTS: Math, Science, & Social Studies OBJECTIVES Example • De昀椀ne the following words • Discuss what part humans play in the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere • Diagram a carbon sink DURATION: ENDURING UNDERSTANDING • (this is usually 昀椀lled in after everything else is • How to convert a page(s) from The Carbon Almanac completed) into an activity for your classroom. Pages from The Carbon Almanac that will provide context for the topic to be explored: ACTIVITIES: THE ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EACH OBJECTIVE Example • Read the pages that you have chosen for this lesson (this portion can be homework or time allotted in class for the learners to do the reading). • Discuss what activities they do that add to global warming and what activities they do that neutralize or eradicate greenhouse gases. • As a group, make a diagram of a carbon sink and label the parts. ASSESSMENT: ASSESSMENTS CAN BE ORAL, DRAWN, PERFORMED OR WRITTEN. Example • Each learner draws and labels a carbon sink. OBJECTIVES EXPLAINED What are they? And why use them? Learning objectives are precise statements that express tangible bene昀椀ts expected to result from the activity/ instruction. The bene昀椀ts are indicated in terms of what the learner is to accomplish. Learning objectives provide a framework for devising ways for the learner and the educator to evaluate whether a learner has accomplished the objective or not T RESOURCES: • At least one copy of The Carbon Almanac • Paper and pens or pencils for each learner 61
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