Sustainable+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.
 * __ SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN PROJECT TERM 2 2009 __**

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 <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;">· 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.