Hi Ladies

Welcome back Meenakshi. Bangalore now as hot as Chennai L

I was thinking about our combined cube that could culminate in our final middle school project. I was thinking that we should look at interdependence and humanity’s role in relation to this. I thought we could pool in topics that we could use to show case this in grade 6 with respect to the environment with the Vartur project, edible garden (organic farming and food cycle), what does it mean to be mindful in the 21^st century (Achira?)

As I was ideating on all this I put together a rough plan. I would love your inputs on the same.

Subjects	Packet	Cross curriculum theme/issues	Teaching styles	Artefact
English	Hoot and other environment related literature – articles, poems, videos	Love / Agape for our world as a whole – personal activism	1.     Reflect 2.     Discuss 3.     Enquire 4.     Evaluate 5.     Substantiate	·      Foldable ·      Personal essay ·      Pod cast ·      Class newspaper on issues that matter to students
Biology		Food chain – composing and sustainable practices
Earth sciences		Balance between human activities and our environment – Vartur project
Psychology and life skills		What does it mean to live in an interconnected world – mindful practices for 21st century?

This kind of angle of looking at things will help us work towards a middle school project in which we look at empathy for everything in this world through different lenses and how it is important to see a synergy between us and the world we live in. The artifact of each of the disciplines could be different but the goal is to see our role in the cosmos. What can students as activists and as role models do in their own environment to bring about change? – Middle school project???