Middle school place-based unit plan for environmental concerns in Carmel, Indiana

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Authors
Gray, Courtney
Advisor
DeSouza, Josephine M. S.
Issue Date
2014-05
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Department
Honors College
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Abstract

Place-based units are a way to incorporate a student's surrounding environment to what they are learning in the classroom. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning is becoming more prevalent in schools as future jobs are demanding these skills. This seven day place-based unit plan for Carmel, Indiana middle school teachers incorporates STEM learning that consists of laboratory activities, discussion topics, worksheets, and readings for science teachers to help their students recognize issues and possible solutions in their surrounding environment. At the end of the unit students use the knowledge they learned in the classroom to find a new plot for a hazardous waste collection center in Carmel, Indiana. Currently, Carmel, Indiana has one public hazardous waste collection center, but with the great amount of waste that is being generated in each household there is a necessity for another waste site to be built. Students will use ArcGIS online technology in order to create their own GIS (Geographic Information System) map and show understanding of the learning in the classroom.