Choice and Voice: Sustainability - Gifted Learner Projects
Empower students with 26 engaging project prompts on the theme of sustainability, designed to spark critical thinking, creativity, and real-world problem-solving. Each task encourages students to explore sustainability from multiple perspectives, integrating research, writing, and creative expression into a cohesive final project.
Engage with Choice and Voice and download the bundle option here. The bundle includes rubrics, all topics, suggested scope and sequence, professional learning, 'pitch to peer' scaffold, action plan and lesson sequence.
Project Topics Include:
- The Paradox of Growth
- Energy Abundance and Energy Scarcity
- Attributes of a Sustainable City
- Carbon Emissions and Innovation
- Sustainable Agriculture and Unsustainable Practices
- The Future of Green Architecture
- Biodiversity Conservation Strategies
- Imagining a Zero-Waste World
- Evaluating Greenwashing in Corporations
- Ocean Cleanup Technologies
- …and many more!
Each prompt includes:
✔ Suggested audiences for students to present their findings to
✔ Potential experts to engage with for deeper insights
The project is designed to be undertaken alongside:
✔ An action plan to guide project development
✔ Weekly Teacher check- ins: to support and keep students on track
✔ Assessment rubrics (self, peer, and teacher) for clear expectations prior, during and after project completion
Students choose their own topic and develop a project that blends research, writing, and creativity—resulting in a meaningful and well-rounded final product. Designed to be completed over time, this resource works well as a one-hour-per-week learning experience (independently, in groups or during whole-class project time [e.g. enrichment class and/or opportunity classroom]).
Format: PDF | 8 pages