Grade Seven students from PEPPS Polokwane, Limpopo -South Africa were tasked to design components for a campaign to create awareness of the plight of our oceans.  They were provided with graphics for logos, but the rest was all them!

 

Their tasks:

1.  Write an Essay to create awareness of climate change - Platform: MS Word

Write an argumentative essay (their first try!) on the concept of global warming in which both arguments for and against were presented with data-based references.  Their first attempt at using the Harvard method! (English writing skills)

 

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2. Digi-Poster - Oceanic Acidification - Platform: PPT

Each member of the group designed his/her own poster and these were merged into a group powerpoint presentation. (Science: Acid, Base Indicator testing & English presentation skills)

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3. Create the Earth's Voice - Platform: Sound manipulation applications

Each student had to create a unique sound that resembled the Earth's voice today. A number of sounds had to be layered and modified to create a unique sound.

(English - Listening skills)

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4. Video on the topic of Climate change/Oceanic Acidification - Platform: Videomaker applications

Each group had to create a video to promote awareness for their topic. (English presentation skills  Science content skills)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Tweet on the topic of environmentalism awareness

(only in writing as they are too young to tweet)