This document outlines a year-long project where students investigated issues related to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The students performed a puppet show and created educational videos to teach others in their community about the local problems impacting the watershed and some potential solutions. They partnered with various organizations and received a $500 grant to plant native plants in their community. The project was student-centered and focused on using inquiry-based learning approaches like asking questions, conducting research, and reflecting on their work.

1. Mary
Van
Dyke
Green
STEM
Learning
July
2016
Student
Voices
in
the
Community
Take
One,
Action!

2. Mary
Van
Dyke
Green
STEM
Learning
July
2016
Student
Voices
in
the
Community
Take
One,
Action!

3. Synopsis
• Actors
• Audiences
• Performance
• Year-­‐long
• Issues
• Narrative
• Action
• Student
Voices

4. Community
Action
and
Problem-­‐Solving
Process

5. Actors
and
Audiences
Homeschool
Club
Students
Church
Congregation
Myself
Earth
Force
Caring
for
Our
Watersheds
Other
Partners

6. Performance
is
Place-­‐Based

7. Planning
Tools
e.g.
Logic
Models

8. Sky
Mind

10. Student-­‐Centered

11. Where
in
the
World?

12. Chesapeake
Bay

13. Chesapeake
Bay

14. Inquiry

16. Stories
and
Media

17. • Script
about
Chesapeake
Bay
Watershed
Facts
• For
School
in
New
Mexico
Film
#1

19. Close
Up
– Local
Problems

20. More
Local
Problems

21. …
Some
Solutions?

22. Big
Native
Plants

23. Tools

24. Enviroscape

25. i-­‐Tree
Design

26. Audience
and
Communication

27. Puppets

28. Improv

29. Question
Mapping

30. Storyboard
and
Script
Techniques

31. Edit

32. Intermission

33. Co-­‐Stars

34. Video
Vision

35. Plant
NOVA
Natives
https://youtu.be/1Id97y6hubQ

36. Story
Stones

37. Story
Stones

38. ‘Extra
Extra’
Script
and
Rehearsals

39. Performance
at
the
Showcase

40. Big
Wins

41. Plants,
More
Plants,
and
Fun

42. Care
of
Creation

43. Go
With
the
Flow

44. $500
Plants

45. Plant

46. Second
Backdrop
of
Native
Plants

48. Make
Labels

49. Plant
and
Weed

50. Rehearse
and
Film
the
Puppet
Show

51. Caring
for
Our
Watershed
https://youtu.be/yM4vbXPFTeI

52. Application
• Visit
member
of
congregation
• Study
garden
habitat

53. Reflect

54. STUDENT
LEARNING
FOCUS
o Start
with
a
question
o Establish
purpose
– real
world
issues
and
problems
o Record
knowledge
o Analyze
/
apply
o Reflect
/
celebrate

55. Resources
https://goo.gl/2zWglD
Take
One,
Action!
Student
Voices
in
the
Community
Mary
Van
Dyke

56. Thank
You
Meridian Homeschool Club
Earth Force Team Students
• Abigail
• Annika
• Ava
• Jairo
• Johnny
• Lauren
• Leon
• Nora
Meridian Homeschool Club
Families and Staff
• Stacia Aho
• Meredith Carlton
• Karen Elliott
• Melissa Verge
St Michael’s Church, Arlington
Administration and Congregation
• Reverend Leslie Hague
• Will Harkins
• Caroline Haynes
• Laura West
Arlington County
Dept of Environmental Services
• Aileen Winquist
• Sarah Archer
Earth Force
• Genora Givens
• Donna Power Stowe
• Kurt Moser