The Horse 2020/21

Environment & Technology

IDAF Projekt M18a

Contact

Eliane Suter, teacher Environment & Technology, wkvw, esuter@dontwastemy.energy
Herbert Amplatz, English teacher, wkvw, herbert.amplatz@wkvw.ch

IDAF - Project
English & Environment & Technology

The Goal: Start, plan and lead a collaboration project with the befter (before & after the experience) method. In the course of IDAF there are at least 3 befter-steps: (1) Imagination, (2) Research, (3) Experience on Site (organizing).

*IDAF I - 10/20 Tuesday * 2020

Program

11:35 - 12:20: IDAF Introduction
13:20 - 16:40 (5 lessons, H. Amplatz EN lesson 15:05)
13:20 - 13:35: English test
13:35 - 15:00: IDAF Introduction and start
15:05: Visit of "Kabel",  W 104
15:10 - 15:50 =>Resource presentations M18a
(H. Amplatz: English lesson of another class 15:05 - 15:50)
15:55 - 16:40: IDAF - Team work

What to do / Outline

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE AND WORK IN GROUPS

  • Form groups of two
  • Choose a topic: Preferably related to the main topic "City climate" focused on "City trees". (Introduction during lesson 1)
  • Write a post on The Horse about: What is your goal and how can it be achieved? (Categories: your class, IDAF20)
  • Get the teachers' consent
  • Formulate a working hypothesis
  • befter Step 1: Imagination
  • befter Step 2: Research
  • International collaboration: Check the project ideas on The Horse to see with which teams a collaboration would be interesting. How do you want to tackle this? Try to get in contact with the students (comment writing, communication channel?)
  • Plan steps / decide who will do what
    =>Concept, time plan (see example) as a post on The Horse (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Project planning)

Grading Criteria

  • No mark

Materials & examples

Products

  • Post on The Horse about: What is your goal and how can it be achieved? (Categories: your class, IDAF20)
  • befter Step 1 [possibly next week]: Imagination (single/team), (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Step 1 Imagination)
  • befter Step 2 [possibly next week]: Research (single/team), (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Step 2 Research)
  • International collaboration engagement [in progress]: Proposals for collaboration partners, efforts to put together an international team =>post (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Collaboration)
  • [draft, possibly next week] Your project Concept, time plan as a post on The Horse (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Project planning)

*IDAF II - 10/27 Tuesday * 2020

Program

11:35 - 12:20: IDAF Team Work (1 lesson)
13:20 - 14:05 =>Start of oral reports: Each team sends a representative
14:10 - 15:00 Oral reports
(4 lessons, H. Amplatz EN lesson 15:05 - 15:50)
15:05 - 16:40 IDAF Team Work
=>Guidelines for THE project work 20/21
 =>each team gets a category!

What to do / Outline

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE AND WORK IN GROUPS
Each group send their first representative (representative A) to interview:

  • What is your working hypothesis?
  • What are you hoping to demonstrate?
  • How are you going to do it and which tools will you use?
  • Who has done and who will do what?
  • Review and assessment of things done and still to do

Grading Criteria

  • Group mark for clarity, organization and depth of content (counts as half a mark in E&T) =>IDAF20 Assessment framework
  • Individual mark for English vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, fluency, depth of content (counts as half a mark in E)

Products

  • Your project Concept, time plan as a post on The Horse (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Project planning)
  • befter Step 3 [in progress]: Experience (team), (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Step 3 Experience)
  • International collaboration engagement: Proposals for collaboration partners, efforts to put together an international team =>post (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Collaboration)

*IDAF III - 11/03 Tuesday * 2020

Program

11:35 - 12:20: IDAF Team Work (1 lesson)
13:20 - 14:05 =>Start of oral reports: Each team sends a representative
14:10 - 15:00 Oral reports
(4 lessons, H. Amplatz EN lesson 15:05 - 15:50)
15:05 - 16:40 IDAF Team Work
=>IDAF20 Assessment framework
=>Guidelines for THE project work 20/21
 =>each team prepares a post for Social media propagation (short text, image (preferably self made) (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Social media)

What to do / Outline

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE AND WORK IN GROUPS
Each group send their second representative (representative B) to interview:

  • review and assessment of things done and still to do
  • problems encountered so far
  • what could have been done differently
  • how likely is for our working hypothesis to be confirmed?

Grading Criteria

  • As above

Products

  • befter Step 3 [in progress]: Experience (team), (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Step 3 Experience)
  • International collaboration engagement [in progress]: Proposals for collaboration partners, efforts to put together an international team =>post (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Collaboration)
  • Communication of your experience so far, consisting of a short text and a picture (post on The Horse), suitable for social media channels like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Communication, Step 7 Propagation and feedback)

=>IDAF IV - 11/10 Tuesday * 2020

Program

11:35 - 12:20: IDAF Team Work (1 lesson)
13:20 - 16:40 (4 lessons, H. Amplatz EN lesson 15:05 - 15:50)
15:55 - 16:40 =>Start of oral reports: Each team sends a representative

  1. e-cars (15:55-16:00)
  2. Vegan (16:00-16:05)
  3. Urban gardening (16:05-16:10)
  4. Coral reefs (16:10-16:15)
  5. Buildings & climate (16:15-16:20)
  6. Trees' diseases (16:20-16:25)
  7. Measures city climate (16:25-16:30)
  8. Cycling (16:30-16:35)
  9. Organic waste (16:35-16:40)
  10. City trees (16:40-16:45) - or start of break 15:50-15:55?

What to do / Outline

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE AND WORK IN GROUPS

Reminder

Each group sends a representative to interview to:

  • report on working methods used and results achieved
  • summarize the main realizations that resulted from your work
  • report on how the results of your work will impact your everyday life – if at all. Will you change some of the ways in which you have been behaving as a result of your conclusions? 

Grading Criteria

  • As above

Products

  • International collaboration engagement [in progress]: Proposals for collaboration partners, efforts to put together an international team =>post (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Collaboration)
  • Self-made media so far (Text, photo, audio, video), collected on The Horse, using the appropriate categories
  • befter Step 3 [in progress]: Experience (team), (Categories: your class, IDAF20, Step 3 Experience)

IDAF V - 11/17 Tuesday * 2020

Program

11:35 - 12:20: IDAF Team Work (1 lesson) - Start of technical discussion, status of the project, results and media presentation
13:20 - 16:40 (4 lessons, H. Amplatz EN lesson 15:05 - 15:50)

What to do

Each group gives a 10 minutes (5' per student) presentation about their subject (no PP, Sway possible).

  1. State of the project so far?
  2. International collaboration engagement?
  3. Self-made media so far (Text, photo, audio, video)?
  4. befter Step 3 :: Experience (team): Contact with experts, interviews, visit on site, surveys, etc.
  5. Reflection and outlook (Where are you on a scale of 10: from start 1 to publication 10?

Grading Criteria

Group mark for clarity, organization, self-made media, presentation technique (no PP, Sway possible), depth of content, scientific discourse, persuasiveness and source accuracy (counts as half a mark in E&T)
Individual mark for English vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, fluency, depth of content (counts as half a mark in E)

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