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Singin' About Solutions

Singin' About Solutions

Music has always been a popular way to raise awareness. Students will identify some songs of change related to the environment, then create posters that promote sustainability.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Ask students to discuss why music is such a powerful motivator. Then have them think of songs they know that raise awareness of the need for sustainability and protecting the planet. Suggestions might include "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson, "Fall on Me" by R.E.M., or "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell.

  • Step 2

    Have students form small groups to create a campaign to raise awareness and prompt action for environmental protection. They might want to compose an original song or write new lyrics for a song they know. Then ask them to design a visual based on sustainability.

  • Step 3

    Have the groups present their songs and art and discuss the topics they covered. Then display the posters in the school to raise awareness about pollution and protecting the environment.

Standards

LA: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

SS: Explain how public policies and citizen behaviors may or may not reflect the states ideals of a democratic republican form of government.

VA: Use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values, and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks.

VA: Describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts.

LA: Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.

LA: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.

MATH: Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.

MATH: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.

SCI: Design engineering solutions for stabilizing changes to communities by: (1) using water efficiently, (2) minimizing human impacts on environments and local landscapes by reducing pollution, and (3) reducing the release of greenhouse gases.

SCI: Ask questions to refine and develop an explanation for the way technological monitoring of Earth’s systems can provide the means of informing the public of ways to modify human impacts on Earth’s systems.

SCI: Use empirical evidence to evaluate technologies that utilize renewable energy resources.

SS: Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected locales and regions.

Adaptations

Invite a local business leader to speak to the class about their company's sustainability initiatives. Have students prepare questions for the speaker in advance of the event.