Contact
Teacher T&U (Technik&Umwelt), wkvw, Eliane Suter (MSc UZH, Safety engineer CAS ETH) esuter@dontwastemy.energy
Collaboration Project "Learning through experience" - Befter: [Start]
Autumn semester 21/22, 3 lectures: Friday 7.10/8.05/8.55 (ends 9.40) started
Random picker VZ21 (randomlists.com)
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=>Check out The New Horse 21/22
***To be continued***
W8: 10/29 Friday* 2021 - present
Reminder: Presentation Resources/Focus terra, Comment writing, Crosswords,
missing Quiz-task: Sophie, Fabio, Andrei.
Program
- Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
- Team presentations (Task 9, see below)
*)missing team 4/8
- About web comment writing. What you should consider.
Examples "The lifecycle of things" or "from where to where?" (dontwastemy.energy)
Intro to Task 10
The life cycles of 25 “things” had to be discovered as far and as intensely as possible in the given time by 63 students: i.e. finding the roots of its origin (e.g. natural resources, mineral resources, natural/artificial substances, biological/technical cycles) and its end of life (end of pipe) or rebirth (reuse, recycle, etc.).
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Reflection & discussion in the class (questions? takeaways)
Task 9: Team Presentations: min 4 to max 8 minutes per team (team work). All your notes, material and sources should be accessible in OneNote (collaboration space).
Quality criteria
- Quality of presentation (wirkt gut vorbereitet, Blick ins Publikum, möglichst frei)
- Language (bili, klar, verständlich)
- Content: Qualität Inhalt, Aussagekraft, Fragen, Vocab)
- Media: Text, images, sources, zuverlässige Quellen, Texte gut aufbereitet, gute Auswahl
- Question: At least 1 accurate question on your topic with 3 multiple choice answers or true/false answers.
- Vocab: important (technical) terms (Fachbegriffe und wichtige Ausdrücke)
Material: Resources - content of topics and material
Homework
Task 10 (teams of 2): "from where to where?" (dontwastemy.energy)
Professional comment writing: choose a web contribution on the students' project website "dontwastemy.enery" (see Class OneNote collaboration space)
=>Discuss in your team of 2 and write a first draft using the comment writing guidelines.
*Missing students: Giuseppe, Cheyenne, Soumaya, Edmond, Dani
Standortbestimmung bis 25.10.21
*Autumn vacation: 10/10 - 10/24/2021*
W7: 10/08 Friday* 2021
Reminder: Your crosswords - check it out!
Basic knowledge - Resources for life
*)The GIANT Horse (knowledge pool), please mind the login steps:
- Step 1 >Login (User: knowledge PW: pool*today)
=opens the door to "the library"
- Step 2 >after your login click a second time on the link above
=> so you get to "the manual's room of the library"
Knowledge
Learning objectives (overall goals):
- den Weg vom Rohstoff bis zur Entsorgung (Produktlebezyklus) an Beispielen beschreiben
- die ökologischen und sozialen Auswirkungen der Rohstoffgewinnung und -nutzung (Anbau und Gewinnung, Transport, Verarbeitung, Entsorgung) an Beispielen beurteilen
- Competencies: Info about knowledge retention (learning pyramid)
Task 9: Team Presentations: min 4 to max 8 minutes per team (team work). All your notes, material and sources should be accessible in OneNote (collaboration space).
Quality criteria
- Quality of presentation (wirkt gut vorbereitet, Blick ins Publikum, möglichst frei)
- Language (bili, klar, verständlich)
- Content: Qualität Inhalt, Aussagekraft, Fragen, Vocab)
- Media: Text, images, sources, zuverlässige Quellen, Texte gut aufbereitet, gute Auswahl
- Question: At least 1 accurate question on your topic with 3 multiple choice answers or true/false answers.
- Vocab: important (technical) terms (Fachbegriffe und wichtige Ausdrücke)
Material: Resources - content of topics and material
Homework
Task 9, be ready for your presentation after the holidays.
*Missing students: Kim
W6: 10/01 Friday* 2021
Reminder: The Carbon Cycle (edx.org), Quiz Chemistry workshop, examples dontwastemy.energy (Ca), comment writing. Crosswords. Self-made experiment (video)
Program
- Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
=>Pitching task 6 done by all students?
- Example Lithium (Li-Io-Batteries)
=>Periodic table
=>Lithium-Ionen-Akkus (risikosicherheit.ch)
=>Prof. Dr. Thomas Driesner, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, «Zur Geologie von Lithium: Wirtschaftlich nutzbare Li-Vorkommen, geografische Verteilung und langfristige Perspektiven» (presentation until 10:11)
- Task 7 Crossword "Matter": test your knowledge!
Add a snip of the result to your personal section of the Class OneNote (Task 7: Crossword Matter)
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State of the art of the Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
=>Learning objectives: see page 18 (what objectives did you fulfill so far?)
=>Learning groups randomly built (mention the name of the learning group members in your portfolio, maximum 4 students)
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Quiz: Test your knowledge so far.
=>Do a snip of your result and add it to your private section of the Class OneNote "Quizzes and tests"
- Reflection & discussion in the class (questions? takeaways)
Homwork:
Task 8 (Teams of 2): Create your own crossword (suggested tool: learningapps)
=>You can include all the knowledge you have acquired in Environment & Technology so far and ask questions about it. Add the link and if possible the snip out of the generated QR Code in the Section "Crosswords" (see Collaboration Space) of the Class OneNote. (Do not forget to mention the team names)
=>Chemistry workshop: Improvement of your portfolio and learning diary on OneNote (private section Portfolio)
=>Self paced (im eigenen Tempo)
=>Communicate your goals and achievements (portfolio), e.g. questions, interesting parts and technical terms, explanations to/from your peers (class mates), repetition or new learning success, own research and links, etc.
*Missing students: Alina, Sophie, Andrei, Fabio,
W5: 09/24 Friday* 2021
Program
- Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
- State of the art of the Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
=>Learning objectives: see page 18 (what objectives did you fulfill so far?)
=>Build learning groups (mention the name of the learning group members in your portfolio, maximum 4 students)
- Task 6 completed :: pitching (Team work) - C O H N S P
=>What does "pitching" mean? Taking a message to the audience, in a short and concise way, focus on the essentials, including story telling (picture, example), try to make the audience curious.
Material: Six main elements in living things >Six_main_elements.pdf (5.77 mb)
=>Preparation of one element by each team. Pitch of 60s (1 min) in class.
- Example Lithium (Li-Io-Batteries)
=>Periodic table
=>Lithium-Ionen-Akkus (risikosicherheit.ch)
=>Prof. Dr. Thomas Driesner, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, «Zur Geologie von Lithium: Wirtschaftlich nutzbare Li-Vorkommen, geografische Verteilung und langfristige Perspektiven» (presentation until 10:11)
Homwork:
=>Chemistry workshop: Improvement of your portfolio and learning diary on OneNote (private section Portfolio)
=>Self paced (im eigenen Tempo)
=>Communicate your goals and achievements (portfolio), e.g. questions, interesting parts and technical terms, explanations to/from your peers (class mates), repetition or new learning success, own research and links, etc.
*Missing students: Dani, Edmond
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W4: 09/17/2021 - teachers' excursion
W3: 09/10 Friday* 2021
Program
- Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
- Cause (Ursachen) & impact (Folgen, Auswirkungen) of global warming
=>example in Switzerland, Glacier melt (dontwastemy.energy)
=>sifting media and articles, discussion, pinboard design
- Task 6 :: pitching (Team work) - C O H N S P
=>What does "pitching" mean? Taking a message to the audience, in a short and concise way, focus on the essentials, including story telling (picture, example), try to make the audience curious.
Material: Six main elements in living things >Six_main_elements.pdf (5.77 mb)
=>Preparation of one element by each team. Pitch of 60s (1 min) in class.
- Intro Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
- Supplement, getting informed: CO2 compensation (example Kassensturz)
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>>Intro video: Powers of 10
>>To the Workshop Chemistry (Basic knowledge, you can find the material in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)
Task: Record your learning process in your personal portfolio (private section in the Class OneNote). Document and reflect in a professionally correct and detailed manner. Create a vocab. Write down further questions and thoughts.
Info: What is a portfolio? (knowledge pool, at present in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)
Homwork:
=>Chemistry workshop: Improvement of your portfolio and learning diary on OneNote (private section Portfolio)
W2: 09/03 Friday* 2021
*Reminder: The Horse accounts, Class OneNote, Link to "What is a portfolio".
Program
- Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
- Double check task 1, communication & Class OneNote, Vocab of technical terms
- Cause (Ursachen) & impact (Folgen, Auswirkungen) of global warming
=>Video summary by National Geographic: Causes and Effects of Climate Change
=>Internet research about causes & impacts (team work): reliable sources? Organisation & interests? year?
- Energy basics (knowledge pool)
- Task 3 :: Fossil fuels: What are the conditions (four different things that must happen) in order to get fossil fuels? =>Check out the video
Info about fossil fuels (edx.org)
- Task 5 :: IPCC: Reading articles from different sources (discussion in the team, please add the names of the team members, notes regarding the articles and discussions in your Class OneNote section "Tasks")
- Supplement, getting informed: CO2 compensation (example Kassensturz)
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Homwork:
Task 4: Check the news and look for articles about global warming (reliable sources): Communication of facts, causes, effects, measures? (Teams of 2), bring the article preferably in paper form (for the pinboard)
W1: 08/27 Friday* 2021
Program
- Welcome & Introduction
- About "Technik + Umwelt" =>Environment & Technology =>The Horse Concept
=>learning by knowing and explaining concepts (Begriffe)
=>you can explain technical terms orally, in writing, with the help of sketches
- The greenhouse effect
- Basic knowledge in Environment & Technology
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Intro climate change and greenhouse effect - causes and effects (link THE19/20)
>>Learning objective: you can explain the origin of the greenhouse effect
>>You know what's the relation between global warming and non-renewable energy
Technical terms, vocab: Global change, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, short-wave visible radiation ("light"), infrared radiation, to reflect, to transform, average global temperature, natural vs human made (anthropogenic).
Task 1 Explanation and sketch of "The greenhouse effect": take a picture of your tasks (on plain paper, 3 stages) and insert it on your class OneNote (Homework, add the 3 stages to your private section of the Class OneNote VZ21 Environment + Technology)
Task 2 Explanation of the technical term "Tipping point" (Homework)
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Homwork:
a) Tipping point, explanation, examples
b) what's the relation between global warming and non-renewable energy?
*Teacher's notes: The Horse accounts, Class OneNote, Link to "What is a portfolio". Missing students: Celia
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