ACADEMIC YEAR 2021 - 2022
At Sostante, the world is our classroom. Connecting students learning to real time projects and solutions that are happening all around us today, is a large part of our curriculum and philosophy. We establish collaborations with a wide variety of topics so that our students can be exposed to the diversity that exists, and become an active part of society today. From our collaborations, we delve into the students interests, develop themes to weave our standard core classes and objectives into, and participate in trips that bring their learning and interests to life.
Themes, trips, and projects for this academic year, and how they will relate to the learning objectives:
Collaboration
Theme / Projects
Links to Grade Level Curriculum and Learning Objectives
PanaSea – Sustainable Sea Cucumber Farming
Entrepreneurial
Conscientious Business Model
Restoring Ocean Life
Community Outreach
Living things and their habitat
Persuasive Writing
Power of Imagery
Number sense
Fractions, decimals, and percentages
Measurement and conversions
Azuero Peninsula - Sea Turtle Nesting
https://www.tortugaspedasi.org/about-us
Navigation and space
How do they know where to nest as adults?
Threats
Light pollution
Ships
Plastics
Changing Seas
Space and Earth
Working Scientifically
Recounts
Poetry
Statistics
Geometry
Multiplication and Division
Tavida Farmstead – Huertos de Vida (Orchards of Life)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNxiTBAsj4
Local Food Sources
Organic
Medicinal Plants
“Back to Nature”
Human Biology
Ecosystems and Adaptations
Instructions and Explanations
Arguments and Debates
Number Sense
Money and Time
Smithsonian’s Agua Salud Project – Mapping and Tracking Changes using Drones
https://stri.si.edu/facility/agua-salud
Student Scientists
Mapping and Tracking Change using Drones
Smart Reforestation
Living Things and their Habitat
Working Scientifically
Reports and Journalistic Writing
Classic Novels
Properties of Shapes
Angles
Measurement and Conversion
Ummat Somjee – Insects and Morphology
Flight
Morphic traits
Behavioral Biology
Energy
Properties of Materials
Working Scientifically
Classic Fiction
Non-chronological Reports
Statistics
Geometry