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General Assessment

Question	Response
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?	This resource explicitly teaches students to: set up an aquarium in their classroom. to examine and analyze fish scales. create concept maps.
To enhance this resource the following changes are strongly recommended:	Students should participate in more authentic action experiences. Students should have the opportunity to visit watersheds within their area.
To enhance this resource the following changes would be beneficial:	Cooperative learning strategies should be explicitly taught to students. Opportunities for peer teaching should be further explored.

Sustainability Education Principles

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Bias Minimization	Good
Multiple Dimensions of Problems & Solutions	Good
Respects Complexity	Good
Action Experience	Mediocre	Multiple opportunities for action experiences are provided, but are not fully explored.
Action Skills	Mediocre	Students are provided with an abundance of background information relating to habitats, but are not explicitly taught skills necessary for taking action.
Empathy & Respect for Humans	Mediocre	Differences in cultural and socio-economic identities are not addressed within this resource.
Personal Affinity with Earth	Good
Locally-Focused	Mediocre	While the resource targets topics specifically related to students living in Atlantic Canada, it offers opportunities for adaptation to create concrete learning scenarios for students all across North America.
Past, Present & Future	Good

Pedagogical Approaches

Principle	Rating	Explanation
Open-Ended Instruction	Mediocre	The majority of activities are largely teacher directed with some opportunities for students to make discoveries on their own.
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Learning	Very Good	This resource does an excellent job of not only providing extension activities relating to different curricular areas, but artfully integrating many subject areas into main lessons within the resource.
Discovery Learning	Mediocre	Lessons 1-10 include a variety of intriguing questions for students, and some opportunities for "ah-hah" moments. The inclusion of lessons 11 and 12 provide greater opportunity for discovery learning.
Values Clarification	Good
Differentiated Instruction	Good	Students are provided with many opportunities to express their understanding of concepts in a variety of different forms including orally, artistically, and dramatically.
Experiential Learning	Mediocre	The majority of activities within this resource are simulation activities, but more authentic experiences are provided within lessons 11 and 12.
Cooperative Learning	Mediocre	Students are encouraged to work in groups, but explicit teaching relating to cooperative learning is not provided.
Assessment & Evaluation	Good	Students are provided with many opportunities to reflect on what they have learned. Discussion times are regularly included within lessons. Examples of concept maps as a means for assessment are provided within the resource.
Peer Teaching	Mediocre	Incidental teaching arises through cooperative learning and presentations. Extension activities including creating a class newspaper are presented as a means to present information to others, but are not fully supported.
Case Studies	Very Good	An abundance of case studies and background information is provided for both students and teachers.
Locus of Control	Mediocre	The majority of activities are teacher directed. Extension activities are provided for students to further explore learning but they are not adequately addressed.

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