21st Century Skills Used
- Civic literacy and engagement - Students will demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to analyze and participate in government and in community, both locally and globally, in order to shape the circumstances that impact their daily lives and the lives of others.
- Thinking and problem solving - Students will demonstrate thinking and problem solving in all curricular areas through projects, application of the scientific method, higher order math skills, and literary analysis.
- Information skills - Students will apply relevant computer and handheld technology across the curriculum, and they will integrate new technologies. Students will also read and understand a wide range of literary and informational text for a variety of purposes, and they will apply a variety of appropriate research methods across the
The Goals of the Assignment
For this project we had to write a scientific paper, create a presentation, and do research on the topic we chose. Our group chose to focus on sustainability, but Carbon Sequestration in particular. The assignment aims to teach people about how to be more sustainable on Maui. Our group looked at case studies and experiments about Carbon Sequestration. We then had to adjust results from the case studies and apply them to Maui's conditions and climate.
For this project we had to write a scientific paper, create a presentation, and do research on the topic we chose. Our group chose to focus on sustainability, but Carbon Sequestration in particular. The assignment aims to teach people about how to be more sustainable on Maui. Our group looked at case studies and experiments about Carbon Sequestration. We then had to adjust results from the case studies and apply them to Maui's conditions and climate.
What I learned and what went well
From this project I learned more about Carbon Sequestration. I had barely any knowledge on the topic before this project, but now I know a lot about the topic. I also learned how we can make Maui more sustainable. There are a lot of different factors and topics that are part of sustainability. Some things that went well were research and our group as a whole. We had to research extensively for this project. At first researching was hard because we didn't really know what information we were looking for. But as we continued to research we asked more questions and were able to research for our topic better.
From this project I learned more about Carbon Sequestration. I had barely any knowledge on the topic before this project, but now I know a lot about the topic. I also learned how we can make Maui more sustainable. There are a lot of different factors and topics that are part of sustainability. Some things that went well were research and our group as a whole. We had to research extensively for this project. At first researching was hard because we didn't really know what information we were looking for. But as we continued to research we asked more questions and were able to research for our topic better.
Struggles and things we could improve on
There were a lot of challenges we ran across doing this project. This original project was supposed to be a experiment we carried out. But obviously we couldn’t grow a field of sunflowers and figure out how much carbon is sequestered in the time span we were given. So we eventually decided to research case studies about the same topic and think about how we could implement that information here on Maui. But this came with a whole new set of problems. Finding a case study that had the information we needed was incredibly difficult. We had to look through dozens of websites and articles just to find one with the information needed.
There were a lot of challenges we ran across doing this project. This original project was supposed to be a experiment we carried out. But obviously we couldn’t grow a field of sunflowers and figure out how much carbon is sequestered in the time span we were given. So we eventually decided to research case studies about the same topic and think about how we could implement that information here on Maui. But this came with a whole new set of problems. Finding a case study that had the information we needed was incredibly difficult. We had to look through dozens of websites and articles just to find one with the information needed.