Issues and SolutionsOur actions can lead to

positive change.Issues, problems, issues! There are big and little issues and problems that concern a lot of people. Some problems and issues have obvious solutions while some issues and problems seem to have no solution.

In your Exhibition process you will get a chance to apply your skills as an action taker to some of these issues and problems. You will be choosing a real problem(either local or global) and carefully working through to a solution and take some action to help this issue or problem.

Working through this Exhibition journal will help you organize your time and resources to discover the best solution to your chosen issue or problem.

Good luck!

Our actions can lead to positive change.Expectations and

Assessment

By the end of this Exhibition we will have collected evidence of your learning in many different ways. This evidence will include:

Completed PP Student Exhibition Journal. Individual contribution to group

Springnotes. Ongoing individual reflections/evaluations. Persuasive writing piece. Final project/presentation, action and

reflection.

Reflecting and

Making Meaning

2.Inner

Journey

3.Linking

and Forming

4.Searching

andCollecting

5.Synthesizing

and Connecting

6.Acting

and Sharing

1.Setting

the Stage

The Exhibition

Process

Our actions can lead

to positive change.

Inner Journey

Expanding your interestsSelect one of the interests you brainstormed in your journal and discover the different paths that could be explored. Use the model demonstrated in class to help you.

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Digital Citizenship

Cyber Bullying

emails

Danger of giving information on the net

Face book

The way how to handle it

responsibility

• Brainstorm real life issues or problems that you think need a solution. Look around you and think about the problems that exist in your school, your neighborhood, Zurich, Switzerland, or elsewhere in the world.

State the Issue or Problem

Inner Journey

Our actions can lead to positive change.

Global warming

Natural disasters

Climate

Food

Chemicals

Smoking

Obesity

stress

Behavior BullyingPlay ground placeInternet you tube

Stealing

Crimes

Politics

LibyaPirate

Child abuse

Pollution

Climate

Terrorism

AuslanderPoliticsSmokingstealing

Why is this a problem/issue?

• You have chosen this problem for a reason.• How does it affect your life or those around you?• How does it affect your feelings or emotions?• Why do you think it is important?

Why do you feel a responsibility for this problem/issue?

Inner Journey

Our actions can lead to positive change.

Nuclear Energy.

This issue is a danger for people. If we stopped using nuclear energy it would be safer for us. If there’s a meltdown this is dangerous. Switzerland has 5 of these plants that only keep safeto earthquake strength 0.7 but there probably have bin stronger ones.

For me it is scary that there are so many nuclear power plants that could all destroy a hole continent !

REFLECTION1Our actions can lead to

positive change.You have chosen a topic. •Has it changed from your first thoughts? How and why? My topic has changed from the first thought I had because of the disaster in Japan and the nuclear power plant Fukushima. •Are you happy with this development? Yes, because we are all positive about our research•You have been put in a group. Who is in the group? Me Nik, Niklas and Lukas•Why are they in your group? Because they all chose the same topic.•Do you think the group can work co-operatively and effectively? How and why? Yes, because we are well organized. I think our collaboration is working good because we all have our own topic in our topic nuclear energy.

Developing Lines of Inquiry

You have defined your problem/issue in relation to Form, Function, Causation and

Responsibility.Look at the remaining two Concepts to clarify your lines of inquiry

Connection How is it connected to other issues/problems?

It is connected to nuclear weapons that can kill hundreds of people at once.

Perspective What are other points of view?A different point of view would be that nuclear energy is

good, efficient, inexpensive and that it is worth the waste that it makes.

Searching and Collecting

Our actions can lead to positive change.

Our Process – Searching and Collecting

People to whom we spoke:

Name:

From this person we learned

Name:

From this person we learned

Surveys we created and distributed

The group surveyed: yesNumber of people surveyed:80 students

Important conclusion we can make from the results: we found out that there are people for nuclear energy when they make it more safe.

The group surveyed: yesNumber of people surveyed:80 students

Important conclusion we can make from the results:

Important information from our advisorWe planed things that we could do for taking action.

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Process Reflection

These are things I thought about our topic before BUT now I think differentlyI thought that nuclear energy was good way to win energy but now I think

that it is bad because of the dangerous waste.

The are ideas I had about our problem/issue before AND I still have nowI thought nuclear energy was dangerous and I still think so.

These are things about our problem/issue that still challenge us and we still wonder about

I don’t have any question

We would like our audience to leave our presentation with these “BIG UNDERSTANDINGS”

About nuclear energy and its good and bad side.

Synthesizing and Connecting

Our actions can lead to positive change.

Think of Solutions.ACTION!

Brainstorm a wide range of ideas that could help solve this problem/issue

Here is your chance to be creative. Write down all possible answers. Do not discard any yet because this is your chance to start thinking outside the box to find a creative solution. Be creative, unusual, fanciful, practical and obvious. S T R E T C H your imagination!

Write to the minister of Switzerland, persuade people, give flyers, rase awareness or hang posters ect.

Our actions can lead to positive change.

CHOOSING ACTIONIs your action S.M.A.R.T.?

Specific xMeasureable x

Attainable xRelevant xTime-bound

Specific •is your action clear•Does everyone understand about how your action will happen?•Have you covered 5 “W”s and the “H”?Measurable•How will you know your action has worked?Attainable•Will you be successful taking this action?Relevant•Does this action actually relate to your problem?Time-bound•Will you have enough time to implement your action?

We can make a

difference

Make your Action Plan.

How will your action affect your problem?

It will raise awareness and it will hopefully change peoples minds .

Who needs to be convinced?

The World or most of the world

What objections might you come up against?

People might disagree with us.

How can you overcome those objections?

We can persuade

What resources will you need?

Websites an books.

Who can help you?

Our advisor

Where should you begin?

Research on what we could do

What will be your next step?

Action

Who will do what to achieve your action?

We will do a viral E-mail and a website.

Our actions can lead to positive change.

REFLECTIONActing and Sharing

It was successful

because every one send there

email on.It was a good

feeling to change the

world a bit and leave a

footstep.

We can make a difference

Exhibition Night - Reflection

Our actions can lead to positive change.

The Exhibition night went well for me because at the end of the presentation many people changed there mind about Nuclear energy. The audience enjoyed our presentation. Mrs.Stiebert looked at our presentation. At the beginning we were nervous but through out the presentation we weren't any more.

My final message is…That Nuclear energy right now isn't a

great source of energy mainly because of the

waste.But if we use

thorium it would be more safe,

the waste wouldn’t have to be stored as long, it wont

cost more and it will make the

same amount of energy as uranium.