Reflect,+Evaluate,+Critique


 * Independent Questions:

1. Managing Self -** This competency is associated with self-motivation, a “can-do” attitude, and with students seeing themselves as capable learners. It is integral to self-assessment. Students who manage themselves are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient. They establish personal goals, make plans, manage projects, and set high standards. They have strategies for meeting challenges. They know when to lead, when to follow, and when and how to act independently.


 * 1. Do you think you managed yourself and your time well in order to complete the tasks you needed to do for your group?**
 * 2. What was the biggest challenge for managing yourself within a group? **


 * 3. How did you overcome this challenge? **

** 4. Describe an instance where you took the lead in your group and why. If you were the group leader, what did you do particularly well when leading? **


 * 5. On a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the best), how independent were you in completing your tasks? **

**2. Relating to Others -**


 * 1. What was the best thing about working as a group?**

** 2. What the most difficult thing about working as a group? **
 * 3. Was there a time when you had to compromise on something you wanted to do? Explain...**
 * 4. Explain how your group co-operated.**
 * 5. Explain an instance where someone in your group did not co-operate. How did this impact on the rest of the group? **

Group Questions:

3. Knowledge and Understanding about Social Sciences**

The issue our group chose related to sustainability was mass production. 2. What is the cause of your issue? (the reason why it is in fact an issue) The cause is people wanting to earn more money so they mass produce products but they pollute the environment and endanger human health at the same time. 3. What effect has your issue had on our environment? It has produced smog and have polluted the water with the factory wastes. 4. What are some ways people are using resources that contributes to the issue your group chose? People use the products that have been mass produced everyday. e.g. pens, pencils, computers, clothing, desks etc. 5. What are some choices people can make that will address your issue?** Protesting so the government will stop building more factories and restricting the area that it's in and restrict the amount of products produced.
 * 1. What is the issue related to sustainability that your group chose to inquire about?
 * 4. Thinking Explanation -**


 * 1. Explain how your group used the following types of thinking to make sense of information, experiences, and ideas you may have encountered throughout your inquiry process:**
 * **creative thinking;**
 * **critical thinking;**
 * **metacognition (thinking about what sort of thinking you needed to use!);**

**2.** **Explain how the types of questions helped you to gain the information needed to develop strong knowledge about your issue?

3. What other information do you think you needed to find out?**


 * 5. Using Language, Symbols and Texts -**


 * 1. How did videos, images, online tools, movement, words, symbols, numbers, choice of language types, etc help to aid the delivery of you presentation so the class gained learned lots of new things about your issue?**


 * 6. Participating and Contributing -**


 * 1. How did your group delegate roles and responsibilities?**


 * 2. Was the share of work fair for everyone? If yes, explain. If no, explain.**


 * 3. How do you think you now contribute to a sustainable environment as a result of this inquiry and what have you learnt?**