Global+Health+Connections

=Phase 3: Global Connections= During this phase of the health unit students will look at health issues in other parts of the world by working on a mini unit designed by their cluster teachers, making use of TakingItGlobal, and TakingItGlobal's //Guide to Action//.

Purpose of Phase 3
The purpose of this phase of the Health Unit is the following:
 * Contextualize locally, but connect globally
 * Explore the resources & potential of TakingItGlobal as a curricular resource
 * Involve teachers in the planning of the project unit (using TakingItGlobal's planning process)

Note to Teachers
This your opportunity to start planning projects!

But you will be planning with supports:
 * The work you started at the TIG training this summer.
 * The TakingItGlobal resources.
 * The TakingItGlobal //Guide to Action//.

**Planning:**

 * Read more here about the planning process your cluster should use

**Parameters:**

 * Plan should be ready by December 18
 * Plan on 3 weeks (15 Project Lab blocks)
 * The Health Unit Global Connections Mini-Unit should begin roughly when we return from Winter Break
 * Focuses on Health issues
 * Has a global perspective (other countries)
 * Will have students making use of resources on TakingItGlobal
 * Will need to be correlated to NYS Learning Standards (for multiple disciplines)
 * Will need to be entered as a "Project Proposal" on Buffalo Project Foundry
 * Will need a Checklist, like the other two Health Unit Checklists
 * Activities should focus more on students' learning by doing than on "sit and get"
 * There should be at least one product that will become each student's evidence and artifacts of learning