The entire Endangered Earth Unit is organized around Essential Questions. Once these questions are selected, the children work through activities designed to equip them with the skills and knowledge to answer the essential questions. These activities are presented in the form of a Scavenger Hunt, a form of a contract wherein students work to gain points.
These questions are brainstormed with the children. The following are the ones we decided upon for Spring of 97 Endangered Earth Study:
What are the rainforests?
Describe them. Where are they?
Why is the significance of the
rainforests?
Why should we study them?
What is happening to the rainforests?
Describe the problems facing them.
What should we do?
Describe the actions you can take
to help the situation.