SUSTAINABILITY+DESIGN+PROJECT

TASK: Design (and create) a sustainable feature for the new school based on the sustainable possibilities explored this term. This term we have covered these major concepts: paper, energy, compost, frog habitats, waste management, rain gardens, sustainable gardens and grey water. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: ·  A project journal ·  Evidence of planning ·  Evidence of research ·  Evidence of how your design will be integrated into the school ·  Its local impact on the community ·  Its global impact on the planet. Task 1: The Research ·  What is your sustainable feature? ·  Why it is sustainable? ·  How it is sustainable? ·  What are the benefits of this design on the school environment? ·  What are the health and safety considerations of your design choice? ·  What are the benefits of this design on the planet? Task 2: The Design  1. You must create a design of your idea to be used at the new school. Possible forms of presentation can be as a model, diorama, poster, PowerPoint, any netbook software – kahootz, sketch up etc. TIME LINE OF COMPLETION: End of Week 8 Term 2– Answers to 3 of the research questions End of Week 9 Term 2– Answers to all research questions End of Week 10 Term 2 – Your design in draft form and the research question. End of Week 1 Term 3 – Your completed project is due; ready to be presented to the class. FOR SUBMISSION ·  Your project must include answers to the RESEARCH questions. ·  You project must include the DESIGN of the sustainable feature within the new school ·  Students will keep a journal of their investigations, understandings, progress learning log, names of the resources you have used, their thinking, and decision changes based on their evaluations. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU;">·  Project criteria and assessment forms <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  If presenting work as netbook task then all work must be saved in a suitably named folder and saved to Students Share for teacher access. **__ SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECT  __** ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 * __ SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN PROJECT TERM 2 2009  __**
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 * ** Quality of Research  ** ||  I have used 1-2 sources of information  ||  I have used 3-4 sources of information  ||  I have used 5 or more sources of information  ||
 * ** Quality of Design  ** ||  I have not shown how the feature is incorporated into the daily life at the new school  ||   ||  I have shown how the feature is incorporated into the daily life at the new school  ||
 * ** Presentation Style  ** ||  I have not considered the audience and have presented my ideas confusing way.  ||  I have made some consideration of the audience and presented some of my ideas in a clear and visually interesting way.  ||  I have considered the audience and presented all my ideas in a clear and visually interesting way.  ||
 * ** Information  ** ||  I have not put the information in my own words  ||  I have put some of the information in my own words  ||  I have put all information in my own words  ||
 * ** Project Journal  ** ||  I have provided brief explanations of how my project has been carried out.  ||  I have provided some detailed explanations of how my project has been carried out.  ||  I have provided clear, effective explanations of how my project has been carried out.  ||
 * ** Content  ** ||  I have submitted few pieces of the required work.  ||  I have submitted most of the required work  ||  I have submitted all required work  ||