How do we engage students in realistic yet hopeful discussions around changing environmental patterns created by human impact? Using critical thinking as a key framework, this session will provide an opportunity to explore innovative strategies and approaches to teaching topics in changing physical patterns from the new grade 7 geography curriculum.
Audience: Intermediate (Gr. 7)
Resources:
- Find Maria on Twitter
- The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)
- Follow the #enviroinquiry conversation on Twitter (no account required)
- About ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf
- Ministry of Education curriculum doc (pdf)
- Grade 7A Tc2 Inquiry-Pac
- Alec Loorz – iMatter
- Takaiya Blaney
- Boyan Slat – The Ocean Clean-Up
- Charmane Moyo
- More resources: