PROJECT LESSON (about 100 min)
INTRO:
TREE TALK :
INSPIRATION :
BRAINSTORM:
CREATE:
INFO FORM:
MESSAGE :
Possibly with a video message or present from the previous country
"What do trees do for the planet ?"
Children receive an envelope with a drawing & question from the previous school.
(If this is influencing the students too much they can also receive it after they created their own work)
"What can I do for the planet ?"
Children choose their own eco-tip and create their work, depending on time available could turn into homework.
Children think of a Title for and Question about their work, They will get a “Forward-Form” to fill in their info.
Children record a short video message or prepare a present for the next country.
FOLLOW UP LESSON 1 (10 min~50 min)
FORMS
Students hand in their drawings and “Forward-Form to be taken to the next
country. Should be done before Mies Heerma leaves
Students fill in the “Reply-Form” and send it off to the
previous school. Could be done after Mies Heerma has left.
FOLLOW UP LESSON 2 (50 min) 1 or 2 months later
CONNECT:
- Receive an envelope with the drawings from the next school
- Receive a video from the next school
- Check out the progress of the Global Tree on the internet
MATERIAL:
PAPER
I
would like to ask the school to prepare little square pieces of paper (15/15cm)
It
would be nice if the paper could be;
- recycled paper ( maybe already used on one side)
- paper made by the students themselves
- or something like Elephant poo paper ( sounds smelly but I think its kinda
cool)
ART SUPPLIES
The children
can decide themselves (or the school can do this for them) to make a drawing,
painting, collage.
The work has to be flat though as I will carry it with me.
INFO FORMS
To communicate with students from others schools I would like the students to fill in these forms:
- A FORWARD FORM, to be taken to the next school, I will take these
with me.
- A REPLY FORM to be send back to the previous school, could be done after
my visit.
ENVELOPES
The student info forms will be put in
envelopes. These could be just normal envelopes, an idea could be to have the
students make the envelopes them selves out of old magazines.
MOVIE:
I would love
to visualize project and make a movie out of this. The movie would be send back to the previous school and taken to the next school. I realize this might be
difficult permission wise so just let me know what you think about it.
The
movie could consist out of 2 parts:
- DAILY ROUTINE: Following one student doing his/her daily morning routine from waking up to arriving at school (Sample movie here)
- AT SCHOOL: This could be just videoing the lesson or maybe the
children can think of a video message for the next/ previous school.
LEAFLET
Right now we are making a leaflet of the project. This B5 size leaflet is gonna be printed on one side so the schools can print their own additional information on the backside. Ex. The date of the Project lesson or reasons for joining the project. Once the school decided to join the project I can mail these leaflets to the school
COMMUNICATION
The children's work will be photographed and placed on the internet Global Tree. For a clearer look at the drawings plus informations the site visitor can click on the picture. The picture will open up in Flickr. People can leave comments on the work. Read more about this here.
