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Sample Big Idea: The Environment
For the purpose of identifying the kinds of links that can make Big Ideas more Real, Rich & Relevant, the topic of "e-waste" was chosen for "The Environment." For additional background on the rationale for links like these and such strategies as "Learning to Look," "Samplers," and "WebQuests," download the document: Curriculum Guidelines & Strategies for The Big Ideas Project (2.5 mg pdf)
Primary
Learning to Look
- e-waste in China image compared to a pile of leaves. Read learning background 1 or 2 and use a basic Venn Diagram Tool
- Collecting Copper
- A Chinese child sits amongst a pile of wires and e-waste. Children can often be found dismantling e-waste containing many hazardous chemicals known to be potentially very damaging to children's health.
Middle
Learning to Look
- e-Waste Cartoon compared to iPod ad (image) or eminem video
- A woman about to smash a cathode ray tube from a computer monitor in order to remove the copper-laden yoke at the end of the funnel. (image)
- Hi-Tech: Highly toxic (view the slide show mid-way down the page)
Sampler Links
- ElectroScrap image
- COMPUTER JUNK IS GROWING facts
- The e-Waste Problem
- Public Awareness Campaign Poster
Secondary
WebQuest Group Actions
- Levitt Fellow Yejun Qian '08 Returns to Native China to Study E-Waste
- INFORM: Calling All Cell Phones: Collection, Reuse and Recycling Programs in the US
- Computer Recycling for Education
Common Resources
- A hotlist of Thinking Scaffold Links
- Sample Learning to Look Activity posted on the myinternet training site
- "My China" as a model for the Subject Sampler
- Exemplary WebQuest: Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?
- Group Process / Action Plan for a WebQuest: "Crool Zone"
- The 2nd10 Steps