Objectives for 2006 UNITE Workshop

Queen Elizabeth National Park

What we hope to accomplish

Each participant will:

• Submit at least 3 environmentally themed lesson plans inspired by past participation in the UNITE Project that have worked well for them
• Participate in the presentation of at least 1 lesson (per group) that uses the school garden in an interdisciplinary manner (Ugandan teachers have already grouped themselves for this activity)
• Share and compare successes/challenges with using school gardens as teaching tools
• Identify at least 3 practical alternatives to chemical pesticides and plan for use within school gardens
• Identify relevant interconnections between the earth, the foods we eat and our personal health - both physical and mental - and how this is related to conservation of the environment
• Identify at least 10 local foods that benefit the organs, systems and glands of the human body and determine methods for engaging students in adopting nutritious habits/choices that benefit themselves, the community and the environment
• Identify at least 3 environmental issues relevant to QENP and compare with issues of concern to local villages/communities of UNITE schools – Determine at least 1 practical way of communicating these issues to others (students, parents, community)
• Record observations of wildlife/ecosystems experienced within QENP and determine creative ways of sharing the QE experience with students
• Identify implications of the National Geographic grant obtained by CFCI for each Ugandan school and determine plan for implementation
•  Devise an action plan for:

a) communicating the QE experience with students,

b) using interdisciplinary lessons with school gardens, and

c) involving other teachers (who are not in attendance) with UNITE based projects/lessons

• Offer suggestions for prioritizing needs of Ugandan schools and ways to spend most recently acquired UNITE donations

• Provide input towards determination of need for producing a UNITE curriculum resource reference, potential objectives of the reference and most feasible, practical and affordable format