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Footprints in the Wild: Invasive Species Detectives

Grade level: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Initial ideas

The main topic is invasive species. It is under the large umbrella of the PBL theme Human Impact. We will explore ways humans shape the world around us through the choices we make, the resources we use, the environments we change, and the solutions we create. The tagline is every choice leaves a footprint. what will yours leave behind. Students are home schooled so they won't come in on campus. Their project will be mainly completed by themselves. They can go to parks and other places on their own for discovery. Students can choose their target focus on a specific species or an event that was caused by invasive species or change of habitat of native species. The end project can be variety but I would like PSA to be part of the choice.

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What if there was a tool to help us take our wild project ideas and create a scope and sequence? There is! Inkwire and the Professional Learning team at High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education designed an AI-assisted curriculum planning tool.

Powered by High Tech High's Kaleidoscope framework for project-based learning (PBL) design, this AI assistant helps educators – and learners! – integrate standards and curriculum requirements into a cycle of PBL Essentials.

The AI-assisted Kaleidoscope tool is co-designed by Inkwire & the High Tech High Graduate School of Education Professional Learning Team. The "Design for Deeper Learning Kaleidoscope" framework is copyright by the High Tech High Graduate School of Education.