Kayla Reed
IDST 4114
7/29/08
Prof. Augustine
Methods Exercise
I have been extremely excited to write this paragraph of how I plan to follow through with my research project because I can’t wait to receive your opinions and feedback on some things you recommend I do or should work on. For my project I plan on studying the topic of “Going Green,” and the effects it has on different companies and on the environment itself. Some of the qualitative methods I plan to use with my project are different documents which will include things such as journal entries, which I have found to be the most formative piece of work. I have also found different videos that I plan on using on my power point of how when people “Go Green, they Save Green.” I also have found videos on how different corporations are now deciding to go green because they too are not just saving the environment they are also saving money. One of these companies I found was Costco Wholesale, and how they have also decided to go green. This year they even estimated that they will recycle around 240,000 tons of cardboard and plastic wrap that they use to package their materials. This is clearly a lot of trash! I decided to use videos because it is a great way for people to see and hear how much money and energy we save as Americans when we choose to recycle things. I am really excited to get this project started because it is a topic that I have always wanted to get deeper into. I think a lot of other people will also think it is really interesting, and will hopefully take tips from some of the information I have found. I have so far found a lot of information on the topic but is there anything else you would recommend I do before I get started on it?
1 comment:
Kayla --
I'd like to see you relate your topic to your disciplines which are math and science education. It is very late in the game, but you really need to do this.
Also, there is a ton of material available on "going green" because it is, as is obvious from media, pop culture, and product analysis, the current trend. There is ample information and work that has already been done on who the efforts effect businesses and the environment itself.
So -- I really think what you need to do is to figure out how you can connect your interest in the trend to "go green" with math and science education. We already have one student in this course who is designing a course module on recycling and measuring its long term effects of k-3 students (I believe).
I can think of a possible topic for you (of course there are more) that build on the work you have already done...
---- You could do a project that implements "going green" in the classroom and then designs lesson plans in math and science around the efforts -- and measures, perhaps, how this lived subject matter increases student learning in math and science
I hope that this gets you thinking... you don't have much time now to implement changes in your project -- but change will need to occur for you to have a successful project proposal...
you will have different methods as you change the focus of your project
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