Students are developing empathy ( the first step in design thinking) and they are learning more about how plastic is impacting our world above and below the ocean. Students read an article called , Taking Out Trash By the Ton that is published on line by Text Project ( FYI for kids) Now they are working collaboratively on a Google Doc. We are watching videos, building empathy and brainstorming innovation ideas to reduce or reuse plastic to help solve the problem. This is the work in progress...
Using Innovation to find solutions
Reread Taking Trash Out by the Ton
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMATP5oRx4
Think: How did Boyan Ideate? What is motivating him?
Respond here:
Nicole
First boyan was scuba diving then he saw a lot of trash and he thought about the trash and he got really worried about the animals because of the plastic that could hurt the animals .
Steven
Boyan was diving but when he saw trash he invented a barrier then he got motivated to make one. He ideated by planning it the after that the hired people to help him.
Miguel boyan had a crew to help the ocean.they had 30 boats to go around the ocean.one person was the look out.the lookout told the team then the team goes out to get the plastic.when they were done they done
Boyan was trying to help the ocean.by taking the trash out of the ocean.they pick up the trash to make the ocean healthy.he came up with this idea to get all of the trash or plastic to research the plastic if it was not good for the ocean or not.
Yasmin What motivated him to take action to improve the ocean? He didn't want the animals that leave in the ocean to not die.
yasmin
How did Boyan Ideate? He came with a idea to clean the ocean so the animals in the ocean don't die and he wants the ocean clean so animals don't
Ernesto
Bryan
Watch this video: What ideas did he come up with to solve the issues with plastics?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9LTLLg3UYw
Concerns with plastic: Ideas or Solutions to solve problem
Nicole some of the problems were that there was many animals were eating the plastic.
We could pick up trash and reuse it like
Steven fish eat micro plastics. People are selfish but it affects human race too.
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Miguel some problems are like there is about 25000 pieces trash in the ocean or not.another problem is letting the plastic get smaller or micro so they have to make sure the plastic doesn’t get micro.
We can reuse the plastic for something useful to help us like a small robot or a phone holder or maybe like a
Yasmin more than 1,000 animals in the ocean are killed.
Ernesto
Bryan
5. Go to this link:
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/03/magazine/innovations-issue.html
FInd three inventions you think are interesting and write down the name and number.
Box 1 Box 2 Box 3
Nicole
Steven
Miguel
Yasmin
Ernesto
Bryan
Earth Day: How can we innovate solutions to care for our planet?
Go to this website. Check out right side of page where it talks about plastic. Click on that link.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/celebrations/earth-day/#earth-day-cleanup.jpg
Some countries around the world have another idea...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWYoDKYnQo
Name
How can we care for our planet?
Ideas to build upon other people’s thinking
Nicole
Steven
Miguel
Yasmin
Ernesto
Bryan
Search google for ideas for reducing or reusing plastic.
Ms. Freehill
Write letters to Longmont city council as ask for all grocery stores to charge for plastic bags or bring your own bags
Nicole
Steven
Miguel
Yasmin
Ernesto
Bryan
What has the city of Boulder or other cities done? http://www.baglaws.com/legislation.php?state=Colorado