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green design labthe

WorkorceDevelopment

The Green Design Lab is

uniquely positioned to explorethe interdisciplinary conceptso a STEM-based approach tolearning while also attending toenvironmental and community-based issues acing many schools.

The programs ramework provideseducators a project-based and experientialapproach to learning while attending to theincreasingly important need or ecologicalliteracy and job readiness in many emerginggreen jobs elds. The Green Design Labocuses on six content areas includingmaterials, air quality, water, ood, energyand recycling as a blueprint or applicationsin sustainable design, engineering andcreative problem solving.

Promoting collaboration and relevantcritical thinking skills, The Green DesignLab situates core concepts o science, mathand engineering in the immediate physicalenvironment o the school building. Theobjective o the Green Design Lab is toequip students with a systems-thinkingapproach to problem solving using design

and engineering as a ocus to exploremany dierent concepts o sustainability,technology and mathematics. Throughthe simple objective o making the schoolbuilding more sustainable, students areempowered to embrace STEM conceptsin a process o learning by doing. Thisramework naturally allows or cross-disciplinary applications that can easily owacross many boundaries while encouraginghands-on approaches to abstract conceptso ecology and systems thinking.

STEM-basedEducation

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Overview

The Green Design Lab is a guide or greening your school building integrating coreconcepts o science, technology, engineering and math into a comprehensive curriculumand workorce development program.

The Green Design Lab is a great

way to integrate green workorcedevelopment opportunities orstudents by responding to thegreen building needs o the schoolor nearby community.

By coupling many o the core engineering,math and science concepts withexperience in the eld the depth andvalue o learning increases exponentiallyor both student and educator.

A myriad o extensions are possible

including training in:

Building Perormance A track thatintroduces students to the concept andpractice o energy eciency, includingmethods or assessing the energy useo new and existing buildings, andtechniques or retrotting buildings toincrease energy eciency. Photovoltaic Installation A trackthat teaches the science and mechanicso photovoltaic (PV) systems, providesstudents with hands-on installationexperience, and exposes them to current

inormation on grid-interconnection, net-metering, and rebates. Horticulture and SustainableLandscaping A track that teaches howto plant and maintain sustainable urbanorests and grasslands, and how to conductresearch and promote the many benets osustainable greenery. Deconstruction and Recycling Atrack that teaches the skills required orclosed-loop waste reduction demolition byextracting and saving building materialsor reuse.

The Green Design Lab is anexcellent compliment to the NYCSchool Construction AuthoritiesGreen Schools Guide.

Each section o the Green Design Lab willcorrelate to recommendations presentedin the SCA Guide allowing educators andschool administrators to easily integratelessons about each ocus area with theGuides recommendations based onthe LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) rating system.

Tips and recommendations on student-ledprojects, renovations and ideas or newconstruction will be included alongsidegeneral lesson plans and backgroundinormation on each ocus area coveredin the Green Design Lab. A brie primeror educators will also be included tosummarize the core objectives o the SCAGuide while introducing some pedagogicaland learning goals.

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green design labtheContent Areas

Materials

The Materials Unit provides anintroduction to green design andsustainable materials that could beintegrated into the design o your schoolbuilding. A background will be suppliedor students to understand the basics ohow most schools are constructed and howthis impacts their local communities andenvironment.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionMaterials (Ecient Materials Use,

Sustainable Materials)

Green Jobs ExtensionDeconstruction and Materials Salvaging,Building Perormance

Energy

The Energy Unit will ocus on energy use and

eciency in your school building. Students willbe encouraged to think critically about howtheir school building consumes and uses energyand the resultant impacts this production/usehas on their local community and environment.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionEnergy (Energy Eciency, HVAC Optimization,Green Power), Indoor Air Quality (Daylighting),Optional (Renewable Energy)

Green Jobs ExtensionPV Installation and Maintenance; BuildingPerormance (Energy Eciency and Retrots,Heat vs. Electricity)

Water

The Water Unit will concentrate on water-use and conservation. Students will be

encouraged to think about how water isused in their school, where it comes rom,where it goes and asked to create originaldesigns that can help conserve and usewater in innovative ways.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionWater (Outdoor and Indoor Systems)

Green Jobs ExtensionBuilding Perormance; Deconstruction

recycling old sinks/pipes etc.

Recycling and Waste

Air Quality

This Unit will ocus on issues related toindoor air quality and health inside schoobuildings. A number o environmental anhealth issues will be presented to studentwith an aim to acilitate critical thinkingabout how to address issues related to airquality.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionIndoor Air Quality (All)

Green Jobs Extension

Building Perormance (Mold Prevention aSaety) ; PV Installation (Pollution Contro

Food

In this Unit we will explore issues relatedto ood, how it gets to your school and theenvironmental impacts o this process.Students will be encouraged toinvestigate the source o their ood andconsider alternative ways o creating a moresustainable and local ood system or theirschool.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionSite (Development Density and CommunityConnectivity), Materials (Storage andCollection o Recyclables), Optional (GreenRoof)

Green Jobs Extension

Horticulture and Sustainable Landscaping

The Recycling and Waste Unit will explorways in which your students can take the and start thinking creatively about how toimplement and maintain a unctional recsystem. They will also be shown how to e

others about the need to reduce their oveconsumption.

Green Schools Guide ExtensionMaterials (Storage and Collection oRecyclables, Building Reuse, ConstructionWaste Management, Recycled Content,Regional Materials etc.)

Green Jobs ExtensionDeconstruction and Materials Salvage

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green design labtheMaterial Development

Teachers Guide4Core Content4Background Inormation (Readers)4Green Design/Sustainability Primer4Hands-On Activities/Field Study4Assessment4Green Action Plan Guide

Green School Inrastructure ExtensionUsing the NYC School ConstructionAuthority Green Schools Guide as atemplate, a corresponding primer will bedeveloped or each unit (1-2 pages per Unit).

Green Jobs ExtensionA brie extension to connect each unit (ood,

materials, water etc.) to a relevant green jobwith suggested activities, descriptions andideas on how to initiate a partnership or amore robust training program. (2-3 pages perUnit)

Student Guide4Background Inormation (QuickReaders/Fact Sheets)4Introduction, Materials, Energy, Food,Waste and Recycling, Air Quality, Water4Worksheets (Design Process and orindividual activities)4Community/Family Connection TakeHomes4Green Jobs Extension Primer

Proessional

Development4Best Practices Guide: Teaching4Strategies and Greening YourCurriculum (STEM integration)4Powerpoint and Handouts4Best Practices - Pedagogy4Green School Guidelines Overview4Green Jobs Overview

Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)

STEM

Green School

Green Jobsor Project

Water Energy Materials Waste Air Food

Core Materials

Audiences

Content Matrix

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green design labtheApproach and Delivery

Pedagogical Approach

4Project-Based Learning4Experiential Learning4Vocational Training4Hands-On Learning (DesignEducation)

Learning Objectives

4Systems and Design Thinking SkillsDeveloped4Workorce Development4Creative Problem Solving4Ecological Literacy/SustainabilityEducation

Time/Format

4Time/Length6 Units (Unit Length 2-3 WeeksEach)

Delivery Components4In-Classroom Activity/Learning4Field Study/Hands-On Activity4Green Jobs Training Extension

Standards Areas

4Science4Engineering and Design4Social Studies4Mathematics4Communications4Technology4Language Arts4Health

Unit Components

Whats the Story?This rst introductory section sets the stage or each topic, giving students background inormation and historical context on each issue providingkey words and summaries. Helping to set the scene, students gain a broad knowledge o some key issues associated with topics like renewableenergy and water quality.

Lets Take a Closer Look!This section prompts students to investigate and explore the hidden systems connected to each resource ound in this ocus area. The idea isto allow students to pose simple questions like where does my water come rom? and how does ood get to my caeteria? They will theninvestigate urther through hands-on activities, projects, research and eld studies. This sel-directed process allows students to gain a better

appreciation or each ocus area and take ownership o a space they use 5 days a week. We will guide them to think o ways to make this space moresustainable.

Lets ReThink!Finally, students are given the opportunity to be creative and to rethink how their school is designed and operates. Lets ReThink provides studentswith valuable tools, applications, examples, and case studies to help inspire them to think dierently about buildings and their systems. At theend o this section, students will have re-designed their building while addressing the issues in the particular ocus area all the while beingencouraged to think about how all the issues interrelate.

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Design &

Engineerin

Waste &Air Quality

Students prep materials orbuilding perormance retrot

Students visit Icestone a companythat makes recycled tiles rom oldglass and other materials

Building Perormance and EnergyAudit Supplies

Students inspect heating and cooling inrastructureon roo o Manhattan Comprehensive Night andDay School

Students design newrecycling signage to beplaced around the school

Poster designed or waste

reduction event at School

Student helps create new oorplansor school classroom