The Horse 2021/22

Environment & Technology

M20a Program and Tasks

Contact
Teacher T&U (Technik&Umwelt), wkvw, Eliane Suter (MSc UZH, Safety engineer CAS ETH) esuter@dontwastemy.energy
Collaboration Project "Learning through experience" -  Befter: [Start]
Autumn semester 22/23, 2 lessons: Tuesday 9:45-10:30 and 13:20-14:05 (completed)
Spring semester 23, 2 lessons: Tuesday 9.45-10:30, 10:45-11:30 (started)
Random picker M20a (randomlists.com)
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30.05. – 03.06. - Last school days, special program?
W14: 05/30/2023 - Grading submission term II: 30.05.23
W13: 05/23/2023
W12: 05/16/2023
W11: 05/09/2023 - Steps 6&7 Projects ready for publishing
23.04.-07.05.23 - Spring holidays
W10: 04/18/2023 - Step 5
W09: 04/11/2023
W08: 04/04/2023 - Step 4 - Intro Wordpress (CMS)
W07: 03/28/2023
W06: 03/21/2023
W05: 03/14/2023 - Step 3
W04: 03/07/2023
W03: 02/28/2023
*12.02.-26.02.22 Sports vacations* 
W02: 02/07/2023 - Step 1&2 / Intro Kobotoolbox for student survey

W01: 01/31 Tuesday* 2023

W01: 01/31/2023 - start spring term II - Intro The Horse working environment

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up: Video "The Horse 23"
    https://2023.the-horse.education/
    >What are the 10 key skills of humans for the future?
  2. Intro to The Horse 23
    >Every students needs a login
  3. Start with The New Horse 23 ->All tasks will be on The Horse 23!
    https://2023.the-horse.education/
  4. ...


W19: 01/24/2023 *skiing day *Reminder: deadline qualification 23.01.2022

W18: 01/17 Tuesday* 2023

Reminder: Promise ... -Comment writing, -Check list of a contribution (Team work), -Chances and challenges of a collaboration project, -Mural

Program

  1. Intro & Learning objectives, project goals - here some examples and guidelines on The Horse.
    >see box on the right *Collaboration projects 23 (started)*
    Task 11c+: Write one or more comment on a topic on dontwastemy.energy that corresponds to your own project ideas. (Goal: Learn from other teams)
    >Best practice examples for writing a comment
    >How to write a comment (The GIANT Horse, knowledge pool)
  2. Task 15: Concept, time plan of your project (Subject must be approved by the teacher)
    >Guideline
    >There are examples on The Horse (check out the category "concepts" or do research), note: there are also concepts with "room for improvement"
  3. Task 16: befter Step 1 – Vision & Imagination
    Ask yourself and imagine … Close your eyes – reflect on your own about a chosen topic (e.g. life cycle of a cable) without any tools or aids. Take your time and think about it freely.
    Now write down all that came into your mind by contemplating about your subject! Give it a try and imagine “how it might work”, just invent, guess and fantasise …
    [in progress]
  4. 9:30 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?


Homework
Task 15: Concept, time plan of your project (Subject must be approved by the teacher)

*Missing students: Nina

W17: 01/10 Tuesday* 2023

Intro & Learning objectives, project goals - here some examples and guidelines
>see box on the right *Collaboration projects 23 (started)*
Task 11c: Write a comment on a topic on dontwastemy.energy that corresponds to your own project ideas. (Goal: Learn from other teams, you can also use the checklist on OneNote provided by the teacher)
>Best practice examples for writing a comment
>How to write a comment (The GIANT Horse, knowledge pool)

  1. Task 12 Teaser - pitch your idea (team or single work), see examples below: at least one audio file (mp3) is mandatory, (could be combined with pictures, or PowerPoint, or you can be your own producer, video journalist, etc.) [students' inputs are welcome]
    Benefit::>Can be used to search for collaboration partners!
  2. Task 14 (randomly chosen teams) :: Discuss about the chances and challenges of a collaboration project. How can you find collaboration partners for your idea? Mind map and notes on a sheet of paper, do not forget to add the name of team members, take a picture and upload it on your OneNote.
  3. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?


Homework
Task 13: Find collaboration partners for your idea.

*Missing students: Amil

*Christmas & New Year Holidays * 24.12.22-8.01.23*

W16: 12/20 Tuesday* 2022

Reminder: Interim assessments

Program

  1. Intro & Learning objectives, project goals - here some examples and guidelines
    >see box on the right *Collaboration projects 23 (started)*
    Task 11a: Write a comment on a topic published on dontwastemy.energy that you are interested in.
    >Best practice examples for writing a comment
    >How to write a comment (The GIANT Horse, knowledge pool)
    Task 11b: Start to describe and develop your project idea. Think about "What is your goal and how can it be achieved" (examples, dontwastemy.energy)
  2. Project Ideas: What am I interested in? What are other young people (your peers) interested in?
    >Start to describe and develop your project idea. Think about "What is your goal and how can it be achieved" (examples, dontwastemy.energy), Class OneNote, Section "Collaboration project"
  3. Task 12 Teaser - pitch your idea (team or single work), see examples below: at least one audio file (mp3) is mandatory, (could be combined with pictures, or PowerPoint, or you can be your own producer, video journalist, etc.) [students inputs are welcome]
    Benefit::>Can be used to search for collaboration partners!
    Here some examples:
    >audio: Sustainable Packaging | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio: Life cycle of a cooking pan | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio: Airplane Food | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio, pictures: Maritime Transportation Challenges | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio, pictures: Planting trees | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio, pictures: The importance of a sustainable clothing production for our environment. (dontwastemy.energy)
    >audio, pictures: TreeNovice - Business Plan | Don't Waste My Energy! (dontwastemy.energy)
  4. Checklist for project work: see box on the right *Collaboration projects 23 (started)*
  5. Team work and discussions
  6. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?


Homework
Task 13: Find collaboration partners for your idea.

*Missing students: Alicia

W15: 12/13 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up: Examples on dontwastemy.energy "Get the Gets" resp. "From Where to Where?" or Video example: Fairphone example (Video on edx.org)
  2. Part II - Task 10: Team Presentations (2 students): min 4 to max 8 minutes per team (team work). All your notes, material and sources should be accessible in OneNote (collaboration space).
  3. Quiz 2 FocusTerra: Test your knowledge so far [link will be inserted here]
    =>Do a snip of your result and add it to your private section of the Class OneNote "Quizzes"
  4. *Circular Economy*: Intro to edX E-learning =>
  5. 13:55  - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

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Earn a Certificate, prove yourself as a project manager: Competencies of performing a "befter project" (What is befter?), team work, bilingual, communication and media skills (e.g. photo, video, audio), publication of your project work on www.dontwastemy.energy, competencies in handling the most popular Content Management System "WordPress" as an "Author", etc.
Topics: "freely chosen" (Freechos), but you will need the consent (Zustimmung) of your teacher. Get inspired by the following overall topics:
>Your Energy question (dontwastemy.energy)
>Life cycle & resources: From where 2 where of a thing
>Think out of the box and create a scenario (even crazy one) calculating with "real data" (examples)
>Food & Climate (examples)
>Sharing economy & resource efficency (examples)


Homework
Task 11: Write a comment on a topic published on dontwastemy.energy that interests you.
>Best practice examples for writing a comment
>How to write a comment (The GIANT Horse, knowledge pool)
Alternatively: Start to describe and develop your project idea. Think about "What is your goal and how can it be achieved" (examples, dontwastemy.energy)
Alternatively: Start with the edX E-learning course "Circular Economy: An Introduction" and continue with your portfolio (Lerntagebuch). 

*Missing students: Luana

W14: 12/06 Tuesday* 2022

Reminder:  additional lesson 11:35-12:20

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up: Examples on dontwastemy.energy "Get the Gets" resp. "From Where to Where?"
  2. Part I - Task 10: Team Presentations (2 students): min 4 to max 8 minutes per team (team work). All your notes, material and sources should be accessible in OneNote (collaboration space).
    • Quality of presentation (wirkt gut vorbereitet, Blick ins Publikum, möglichst frei)
    • Language: bili, klar, verständlich
    • Content: Qualität Inhalt, Aussagekraft, Fragen, Vocab
    • Media: Text, images, sources, zuverlässige Quellen, Texte gut aufbereitet, gute Auswahl
    • Question: At least 1 accurate question on your topic with 3 multiple choice answers or true/false answers.
    • Vocab: important (technical) terms (Fachbegriffe und wichtige Ausdrücke)
  3. *Circular Economy*: Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

 *Missing students: Luana

W13: 11/29 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up: Examples on dontwastemy.energy "Get the Gets" resp. "From Where to Where?" (check out project abstracts); additional: Video example "Build a Waste Free World"
  2. *Circular Economy*: Intro, Team building for Task 10 (see material below)
  3. Team work
  4. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

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Basic knowledge - Resources for life 

Knowledge
Learning objectives (overall goals):

  • den Weg vom Rohstoff bis zur Entsorgung (Produktlebezyklus) an Beispielen beschreiben
  • die ökologischen und sozialen Auswirkungen der Rohstoffgewinnung und -nutzung (Anbau und Gewinnung, Transport, Verarbeitung, Entsorgung) an Beispielen beurteilen

Task 10: Team Presentations (2 students): min 4 to max 8 minutes per team (team work). All your notes, material and sources should be accessible in OneNote (collaboration space).

Material: Resources - content of topics and material (Sway presentations)

Quality criteria

  • Quality of presentation (wirkt gut vorbereitet, Blick ins Publikum, möglichst frei)
  • Language: bili, klar, verständlich
  • Content: Qualität Inhalt, Aussagekraft, Fragen, Vocab
  • Media: Text, images, sources, zuverlässige Quellen, Texte gut aufbereitet, gute Auswahl
  • Question: At least 1 accurate question on your topic with 3 multiple choice answers or true/false answers.
  • Vocab: important (technical) terms (Fachbegriffe und wichtige Ausdrücke)

Homework
Task 10, be ready for your presentation on 6 December (next week).

*Missing students: Ella, Afternoon lesson: Alisha, Michelle
*Late (Afternoon): Amil, Tom, Philipp, Janik

W12: 11/22 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up technical terms => Climate trace
  2. Final sprint Chemistry workshop
  3. Quiz 1: Test your knowledge so far =>START Quiz 1
    =>Do a snip of your result and add it to your private section of the Class OneNote "Quizzes"
  4. *Circular Economy*: Intro, Team building for next week's tasks

 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

 
Homework
Task 9: What is the Circular Economy? Watch the video and answer the questions (Basic knowledge Circular economy, questions 1-4 at the bottom of the page): https://pool.the-horse.education/page/circular-economy-part-1
 The GIANT Horse (knowledge pool), please mind the login steps:
   Step 1 >Login (User: knowledge PW: pool*today)
   =>opens the door to "the library"
   Step 2 >after your login click a second time on the link above
   => so you get to "the resources' room of the library"

*Missing students: full house

W11: 11/15 Tuesday* 2022

Swap of lessons, 9:45-10:30 Marco Steuble (1 lesson), afternoon: 13:20-14:05 Team Work Chemistry Workshop.

  • State of the art of the Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
    =>Learning objectives: see page 18 (what objectives did you fulfill so far?)
    =>Learning groups (mention the name of the learning group members in your portfolio, maximum 3 students)

  • Portfolio:: Chemistry workshop: At least 2 pomodoros (e.g. pomodoro tracker) à 25' for next week. You report on your learning experience in your portfolio.
  • Get prepared for the Repetition Quiz on 22 November.

W10: 11/08 Tuesday* 2022

  1. Guest login for The Horse 22
  2. Task 8 Crossword "Matter": test your knowledge!
    Add a snip of the result to your personal section of the Class OneNote (Task 8: Crossword Matter)
  3. Example Lithium (Li-Io-Batteries)
    =>Periodic table
    =>Lithium-Ionen-Akkus (risikosicherheit.ch)
    =>Prof. Dr. Thomas Driesner, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, «Zur Geologie von Lithium: Wirtschaftlich nutzbare Li-Vorkommen, geografische Verteilung und langfristige Perspektiven» (presentation until 10:11)

  4. State of the art of the Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
    =>Learning objectives: see page 18 (what objectives did you fulfill so far?)
    =>Learning groups randomly built (mention the name of the learning group members in your portfolio, maximum 4 students)

  5. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

 
Homework
Portfolio :: Chemistry workshop: At least 2 pomodoros (e.g. pomodoro tracker) à 25' for next week. You report on your learning experience in your portfolio.

W9: 11/01 Tuesday* 2022

Reminder: Umfrage Luana.
Interim assessment talks, randomly chosen teams for Chemistry workshop, Step 1: Write the goals for your today's lesson in your portfolio: What? How? What is your strategy? [Learn & search for new insights, draw, note, ask questions, discuss] Reflection: Did you achieve your goals? What did work out well/not so well/why? Lessons learnt?

  1. Intro & Warm up: Video The Cells (The Horse 22)
    >Pitching/exchange of project ideas in teams (Task 7)
  2. About the Interim assessments and the final assessments (gradings term I), Assessment talks (part I)
  3. Chemistry workshop & Portfolio: Randomly chosen teams by teacher
    (material "Chemistry workshop" see OneNote)
  4. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?


Homework
Portfolio :: Chemistry workshop: At least 2 pomodoros (e.g. pomodoro tracker) à 25' for next week. You report on your learning experience in your portfolio.

*Missing students: Nina

W8: 10/25 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up technical terms =>The Blob: A genius without a brain (video, discussion)
    >Pitching/exchange of project ideas in teams (Task 7)
  2. About the Interim assessments and the final assessments (gradings term I), Assessment talks (part I)
  3. Intro Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
  4. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

---Material---

>>To the Workshop Chemistry (Basic knowledge, you can find the material in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)

Task: Record your learning process in your personal portfolio (private section in the Class OneNote). Document and reflect in a professionally correct and detailed manner. Create a vocab. Write down further questions and thoughts.
Info: What is a portfolio? (knowledge pool, at present in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)


Homework
Portfolio :: Chemistry workshop: At least 2 pomodoros (e.g. pomodoro tracker) à 25' for next week. You report on your learning experience in your portfolio.

*Missing students: ...

 *Autumn vacation: 10/10 - 10/22/2022*
W7: 10/04/2022 - Bournemouth
W6: 09/27/2022 - Bournemouth

W5: 09/20 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
  2. Task 6 :: pitching (Team work) - C   O   H   N   S   P
    =>What does "pitching" mean? Taking a message to the audience, in a short and concise way, focus on the essentials, including story telling (picture, example), try to make the audience curious.
    Material: Six main elements in living things >Six_main_elements.pdf (5.77 mb)
    =>Preparation of one element by each team. Pitch of 60s (1 min) in class.
  3. Intro Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
  4. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

---Material---

>>To the Workshop Chemistry (Basic knowledge, you can find the material in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)

Task: Record your learning process in your personal portfolio (private section in the Class OneNote). Document and reflect in a professionally correct and detailed manner. Create a vocab. Write down further questions and thoughts.
Info: What is a portfolio? (knowledge pool, at present in the Content Library of the Class OneNote)


Homework
Task 7 :: Bournemouth Photo & Sound Collection

*Missing students: Nina, Alisha, Ines, Philipp

W4: 09/13 Tuesday* 2022

>>You know the 4 conditions in order to get fossil fuels
>>You know what the connection is between global warming and fossil fuels (non-renewable energy as coal, crude oil/petroleum, natural gas)

Task 5 - today's homework :: Fossil fuels:: (expert teams = 1-coal, 2-oil, 3-gas)
=>The material for "non renewable energy" is on the knowledge pool, you have to follow the knowledge pool info above: Link to The GIANT Horse

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up technical terms =>random generator
  2. Task 5 - Expert teams of three (interact, explain, learn from each other, challenge yourself, try out story telling, use your new vocab)
  3. Task 6 :: pitching (Team work) - C   O   H   N   S   P
    =>What does "pitching" mean? Taking a message to the audience, in a short and concise way, focus on the essentials, including story telling (picture, example), try to make the audience curious.
    Material: Six main elements in living things >Six_main_elements.pdf (5.77 mb)
    =>Preparation of one element by each team. Pitch of 60s (1 min) in class.
  4. Intro Chemistry workshop & Portfolio
  5. 13:55 - Reflection in the "big team" (class), questions?

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>>Intro video: >Powers of 10 (The GIANT Horse, knowledge pool)
Note:: The giant Horse (knowledge pool), please mind the login steps:
https://pool.the-horse.education

  1. Step 1 >Login (User: knowledge PW: pool*today)
    =opens the door to "the library"
  2. Step 2 >after your login click a second time on the link above
    => so you get to "the manual's room of the library"


Homework
Task 6 :: (expert teams, team building see in class OneNote, Content Library)

*Missing students: Nina

W3: 09/06 Tuesday* 2022

>>You know the difference between the Greenhouse effect and the "Ozone depletion"
>>You know the 4 conditions in order to get fossil fuels
>>You know what the connection is between global warming and fossil fuels (non-renewable energy as coal, crude oil/petroleum, natural gas)

Program

  1. Intro & Warm up: technical terms, Ozone depletion (video), Greenhouse effect (video)
    =>also check the focus terra website about waves: https://waves.ethz.ch/en/wavetypes/
    Special 1, For students with a thirst for knowledge, voluntary: Watch the following video (or parts of it, take notes and/or ask questions):     Der Kreislauf des Lebens (arte.tv)

    Task 4 - today's homework: Find out about the phenomenon of the "hole in the ozone layer" ("Ozonloch") and compare it with the "greenhouse effect".
    a) In which layer of the atmosphere does it take place? (Welche Atmosphärenschicht?)
    b) Which waves are involved?
    c) What are the causes and effects?
    d) Are there any interesting questions about this? (do not have to be answered)
    =>Important: The sources/links used must be given (inform transparently), add task 4 to your personal section of the Class OneNote (each student to its own section).
    =>Story telling about "FCKW" (FluorChlorKohlenWasserstoff) resp. HydroChloroFluoroCarbons (HCFCs)
    =>Ozone in the Stratosphere vs Ozone in the cities
    Technical terms: HCFSs, UV radiation, O3, Cl, Ozone layer, Stratosphere, Ozone depletion, Smog, Stickoxide: NOx, ground level Ozone in cities, etc.

  2. Energy basics (knowledge pool)
  3. Task 5 :: Fossil fuels: What are the conditions (four different things that must happen) in order to get fossil fuels?
    =>Check out the video

  4. 13:55 - Reflection in the class (takeaways), questions?

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Note:: The giant Horse (knowledge pool), please mind the login steps:

  1. Step 1 >Login (User: knowledge PW: pool*today)
    =opens the door to "the library"
  2. Step 2 >after your login click a second time on the link above
    => so you get to "the manual's room of the library"


Homework
Task 5 :: (expert teams reg. coal, oil, gas)

*Missing students:
 

W2: 08/30 Tuesday* 2022

>>Learning objective: you can explain "The Greenhouse effect"
>>You know cause and effects of global warming
>>You know what the connection is between global warming and fossil fuels (non-renewable energy)

Technical terms, vocab: Global change, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, short-wave visible radiation ("light"), infrared radiation, to reflect, to transform, average global temperature, natural vs human made (anthropogenic). Greenhouse gases, Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Water vapor. Fossul fuels, petrol, natural gas, coal

Program

  1. Intro & Warm: Video pool "Kreislauf des Lebens": https://2022.the-horse.education/post/the-gaia-hypothesis
  2. Communication & Class OneNote, Vocab of technical terms
  3. Causes (Ursachen) & effects (Folgen, Auswirkungen) of global warming
    =>Video summary by National Geographic: Causes and Effects of Climate Change
    =>Discussion of Task 3 (your articles on Climate change and The Greenhouse effect), pinboard
  4. The greenhouse effect: Teacher's explanation (step 3), black board, students take notes (Task 2)
    =>also check the focus terra website about waves: https://waves.ethz.ch/en/wavetypes/

  5. 13:55 - Reflection in the class (takeaways), questions


Homework
Task 4: Find out about the phenomenon of the "hole in the ozone layer" ("Ozonloch") and compare it with the "greenhouse effect".
a) In which layer of the atmosphere does it take place? (Welche Atmosphärenschicht?)
b) Which waves are involved?
c) What are the causes and effects?
d) Are there any interesting questions about this? (do not have to be answered)
=>Important: The sources/links used must be given (inform transparently), add task 4 to your personal section of the Class OneNote (each student to its own section).

Special 1, For students with a thirst for knowledge, voluntary: Watch the following video (or parts of it, take notes and/or ask questions): Der Kreislauf des Lebens (arte.tv)

*Missing students: Nina

W1: 08/23 Tuesday* 2022

Program

  1. Welcome & Introduction
  2. About "Technik + Umwelt" =>Environment & Technology =>The Horse Concept
    =>learning by knowing and explaining concepts (Begriffe)
    =>you can explain technical terms orally, in writing, with the help of sketches
  3. The greenhouse effect
  4. Basic knowledge in Environment & Technology

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Intro climate change and greenhouse effect - causes and effects (link THE19/20)
>>Learning objective: you can explain the origin of the greenhouse effect
>>You know what the connection is between global warming and non-renewable energy
Technical terms, vocab: Global change, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, short-wave visible radiation ("light"), infrared radiation, to reflect, to transform, average global temperature, natural vs human made (anthropogenic).

Task 1  - https://dontwastemy.energy, discussion of topics in E&T (team work): The website serves as inspiration. Take notes on a precious peace of paper, it can be in the form of sketch or mindmap or combined with text.
=>Which topics are you particularly interested in and why?
=>Are there any topics that are missing? Discuss in the team and try to write down the results (team names must be written on on the paper). Take a picture of your mind map or notes and add it to your personal section of the Class OneNote (each student to its own section)

Task 2  Explanation and sketch of "The greenhouse effect": take a picture of your tasks (on plain paper, 3 stages (1/2 completed) and insert it on your class OneNote (Homework, add the 3 stages to your private section of the Class OneNote VZ22 Environment+ Technology)

Task 3 (= homework) Article on Global warming: Check the news and look for articles about global warming (reliable sources): Communication of facts, causes, effects, measures, graphics, etc. Bring the article preferably in paper form (for the pinboard), your source must be traceable (year, link to the article, author, etc.)

Homwork: Task 3

*Missing students: Nina

*START*

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