¡Let's protect and recover our environment!

Fall 2021 Calendar

Stage	Dates	Name of the stages	Activities/Forum
0	August 30 to September 17, 2021	Registration	Activity. Teachers register their students
1	From September 20 to October 8	Exploration of my locality to detect the environmental problems in my community.	Activity. Explore my community Explore the local environment to locate environmental problems affecting your locality
2	From October 11 to 29	Selection of case study*	Activity. Selection of the case study Students distinguish the different geosystems and know the difference between the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere. Students choose a case study and make a collage to show that problem.
3	From November 1th to 19, 2021	Field research	Activity. Field research Provide students with some tools and tools for data collection in a field investigation, for example: a field diary, a logbook, or a checklist. Through a field research students learn to recognize the different sources pollutants of the air, the ground and the water.
4	November 21th to December 4	Action campaigns Concrete actions	Activity. Action campaigns Understand that human actions affect determinedly in the environment and the natural environment around us. To demonstrate the importance of the investigation of a case study to fully understand the problem, and thus create awareness among the students themselves to decide to take a critical and entrepreneurial attitude in order to solve common problems in their town. Highlight the importance of conducting committed to implementing strategies for the environment in your local actions.
5	From December 6 to 17	Production and dissemination of work, evaluation and project closure.	Activity. Production and dissemination of work, evaluation and project closure. Share with other schools all the experiences and work done in the project; to know the different alternatives for conserving the environment.

* The case study is a fundamental part of the contents of the Geography program of the Ministry of Education of Mexico. The case study helps to integrate the contents and apply the concepts, skills and attitudes of the subject. It is a component of the study program that offers the possibility of incorporating events of reality, related to the immediate environment or with other countries, according to the interests of the students and in accordance with the purposes, contents and expected learning of each block. It also allows us to investigate and deepen knowledge, to develop skills in the management of written, statistical and graphic information. Through the exchange of ideas and the exercise of argumentation, students can develop oral and written communication skills, while consolidating a conscious and critical attitude of the analyzed problems.