#1 Project-Based Learning: Student for the Earth

Project Overview:

This project has aim to develop character of students from the beginning (or simply, started from elementary school). Based on experts report, children can demonstrate signs of empathy as young as 6 months old. Also, a young child’s brain forms up to 700 new neural connections every second. Brought by this report, I try to connect the links between the future of Earth which is always be part of human race, and what can the society do to save the world, and save the future. And I found that children (or the next generation) is the key.

I tried to create some fun curriculum to save the world with targeted community (in this part) is an elementary student or between 5–13 years old. This curriculum has a focus at least 3 points:

1. Develop character building that care about their surrounding area (environment, society, etc.)
2. Understanding the composition of the Earth. (it will be answered later on the next tier of the Project-Based Learning, with why we should care about the earth, environment, and climate change).
3. Develop character as a leader of the future.

As disclaimer, this curriculum, or Project-Based Learning, was designed to have another part. and this is the 1st beginning of the curriculum.

Photo by Ismail Salad Osman Hajji dirir on Unsplash

What will students do?

Photo by Sandie Clarke on Unsplash

· Planting their surrounding area.

· Collecting dry leaves.

· Creating compos through dry leaves.

· Creating their dairy journal for next 7/14/30 days.

· Report to their supervisors about their daily works.

How will students present their project? (the day)

Photo by Larm Rmah on Unsplash

· Presenting their activities with their teammates.

· One word that describing the earth.

· Daily report for the next 30 days.

· Their dreams for the future.

Standards:

Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash

· Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change

· Sustainable Development Goals 2030

· The Guideline book of Community Development Division of the Singapore-Indonesia Youth Leaders Exchange Program.

Objectives:

Photo by Mauro Gigli on Unsplash

· Developing student character building and their awareness to the earth and society.

· Their understanding to the composition of Earth and urgencies to balanced it.

· Spirit to moving forward.

Requirements/Task(s):

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Record the notes/research:

This activity requires collaboration between young generation and children in elementary school. The youth has role to become supervisors for all of the children which involved in this program activity. The youth require to split all of students (children) into some groups and all of them require to guide all of children in elementary school to fulfill all of the tasks as explained above.

In the end of the program (the next 30 days), the report that has been done by the student will be collected and reviewed by the supervisor and team leader one by one. Also, collecting notes from the supervisor during the program/activity. Lastly, after the whole process and tasks was reviewed, all of student and supervisor’s work, should be documented in the big frame photos-portfolios, and put them in memorable places.

Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash

Outline the steps/plan for your project:

After the students complete all tasks, observations, and daily reports. The student is projected to understand the whole process of planting, and their awareness of climate change through-put the rubbish in the right place. Here is the highlight of the whole process in a basic — project-based learning curriculum:

• Encourage them to do planting with soil, water, and plants.
• The student is involved in the planting process.
• The supervisor explaining them, the need to plant while the student finished their planting activities.
• The student requires to collect un-organic rubbish into their pocket. Other things, the student also requires to collect dry leaves in a trash bag within the time limit.
• The supervisor explains to the student, the urgency to keep clean and gives a reward to the most active student.

The completion of this project will continue to the 2nd tier of this project-based learning (#2 Intermediate — Project-Based Learning).

Teacher initials ____________

***

Some important link you may consider to successfully your project:

1. Daily report template: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uH5AV1JmPb0U1voDInOD4N7Hy-MMtCri?usp=sharing
2. Social Activity Project example: https://instagram.com/yespedition

***