Lessons from the Bay : Project Action Guide

Part 2: Getting Started
 
 
 

Choosing a Project

The hardest part of any project can be deciding what to do. This section offers guidance in designing a plan for action.

Sometimes students have trouble deciding what to do because they want to accomplish everything and they want to do it all right away. When making a plan for environmental action, it is important to choose a project that can be completed in a reasonable amount of time and accomplished with the people and materials available. It is discouraging when, midway through, unanticipated difficulties arise and a project turns out to be too complex to finish. Thus, teachers may wish to make first projects small ones.


Next: First Steps

“Part 2: Getting Started” includes:
 · Choosing a Project
     · First Steps
     · Brainstorming Sessions
     · Project Analysis
     · Schedule Development
 · Linking with Established Programs
 · Locating Established Programs and Resources

Print version of “Part 2: Getting Started”: PDF · Word
 
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Lessons from the Bay includes:
 · Process Model
 · About the Watershed—An Instructional Framework
 · Lesson Plans
 · Project Action Guide
 · Glossary of Wetland Terms