Doing Business in Birmingham
Silver level
Published on 11/6/2012
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Learning objectives
- About sustainable practices
- How technology tools can help them make authentic connections beyond the classroom
- To synthesize their learning and generate creative solutions to real world problems
Created for
Ages 11 - 13
Ages 8 - 10
Subject
Citizenship
Digital/Media Literacy
Environment
Language arts and literacy
Social Studies
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Collaboration
Communication
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Student self-assessment
Featured tools
Bing™ MapsMicrosoft Word
Photosynth
Windows 7
Microsoft Publ...
Microsoft Cliplet
Microsoft Mobi...
Required hardware
PC
Phone
Electronic white board
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Independent study
Learning activity details
Doing Business in Birmingham is a Sciracy project. Sciracy aims to promote scientific literacy, or the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity. Students learn to ask, find, or determine answers to questions derived from curiosity about everyday experiences, and to describe, explain, and articulate their thoughts about the world around them. We want students to synthesize their learning and challenge them to generate creative solutions to real world problems. After learning about sustainability in business, our students took to the streets of downtown Birmingham to assess the sustainability of businesses in their local community. Armed with informational flyers and brochures they had created, our students visited over ninety establishments to interview and educate local business owners.