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Description
From 2022 to 2024, two high school classes part of a partial-English immersion course in Kyoto participated in a world-wide project supported through UNESCO and the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) called “The Litter Less Campaign”. During this 3-year initiative, the two classes of the same cohort starting in year 1 participated in a number of scaffolded tasks to raise awareness to each other about different waste-management practices in Japan and other countries. Each class took turns presenting their findings from special classes and on-site surveys to the other class over the course of three years, coming to conclusions on best practices based on their observations in their home country Japan, and from the surveys and observations conducted in New Zealand and Canada while on a short-term study abroad excursion. Students then used this information to participate in a Model United Nations conference focusing on the crisis of pollution and waste around the world. This poster presentation allows conference goers the opportunity to learn and discuss how this project was implemented into a high school curriculum and the tools used for the various tasks involved.
Summary
From 2022 to 2024, two high school classes part of a partial-English immersion course in Kyoto participated in a world-wide project supported through UNESCO and the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) called “The Litter Less Campaign”. This poster presentation allows conference goers the opportunity to learn and discuss how this project was implemented into a high school curriculum and the tools used for the various tasks involved.
| Teaching Context | Junior/senior high-school |
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